The Old Cider House

The Old Cider House is a detached house, possibly dating to the 16th century, and subsequently modified. It is constructed of local stone rubble with a thatched roof featuring half-hips and a plain gable to the north extension. Brick chimney stacks are also present. The house is arranged in an 'L' shape and is a single storey with attics, comprising five bays, with bay five being a projecting extension. The windows are casements of various types, including some early chamfer-mullioned frames with diamond-leading. The window lights are arranged as 4, 3, 3, (blank), and 5 lights. Above the windows, those set into the roof are 2-light in bay 2, 3-light in bays 3, 4, and 5, the last within a timber-boarded gable. In bay 4 is a reset stair-light featuring a pointed arch and curved lintel. Between bays 3 and 4 is a heavy early door frame, with chamfered curved sideposts and a shallow triangular arch to the lintel, containing a 20th-century panelled door. The interior is reported to contain post-and-truss walls to the west, and towards the east gable. There are also jointed cruck trusses with some remaining windbraces, a timber-framed firehood, and a central room containing the front door - indicating no through or cross-passage. This central room is panelled with chamfered beams. The interior was reportedly remodelled in the early 20th century, reusing earlier features, some of which may have been imported, by a Russian architect.