St Margaret's Hospital

St Margaret's Hospital is an early leprosy hospital that was rebuilt in the early 16th century. It was converted and used as almshouses from 1612 until 1938. Since 1959, it has been restored and occupied by the Rural Community Council. The building is a long, freestanding single-storey structure, primarily made of local shillet stone, which is now whitewashed. It features a thatched roof with an attic that rises to the right, and the thatch eaves are supported by scrolled wrought-iron brackets at the rear. There is a brick stack on the right gable and a stone parapet on the left gable end. The front verandah is supported by new oak posts. The windows consist of single and double leaded lights set under wooden lintels. The original oak door frames have Tudor arched lintels. On the front of the building, there is a stone tablet displaying the arms of Abbot Bere of Glastonbury, who was the original restorer of the building.