24 Old Wells Road

A dwelling of early-C17 origin, extended to the west in the mid-C19 and with a late-C19 outshut.

MATERIALS: constructed of rubble stone with double roman tile roof with brick stacks. The outshut is of rubble and brick with a modern roof.

PLAN: on an east/west orientation the building is a three-room plan with central stair. It was originally of two units, the west bay being a C19 addition. There is a former stair turret to the north-east corner. An outshut is at right angles to east end of the façade. A mid-late store, car port and garage are attached to the west end of the house.

EXTERIOR: of two storeys under a pitched roof, the elevations are painted rubble. The façade is of three irregular bays with a door to right of centre with a plain stone architrave and modern door. To its left is an early-C17 tripartite mullioned casement opening with ovolo mouldings and a hoodmould with labels. The other openings have stone architraves and timber casements, except to ground-floor right, which is uPVC. The outshut to the right has modern fenestration and roof coverings. The west flank of the house has a modern door and attached C20 store and garage. The rear has two small openings to the ground floor, one with a timber surround, and to the left is the bowed stair turret. The roof has coped verges with kneelers and three ridge stacks, and there are two modern rooflights to the rear slope.

INTERIOR: the ground floor is stone-flagged to the west (kitchen) and central rooms. The east room has a modern floor, an inglenook with C20 oak bressumer, and a former stair turret to the back wall with a small opening. The lateral ceiling beams to each room are covered over. The timber central stair is of C20 construction and a stair cupboard facing the centre room has iron hinges. The door to the kitchen is through the former end wall of the two-unit dwelling. The end wall incorporates a sealed chimney breast with part of the plaster cut away to expose the bressumer end. The kitchen has a fireplace with spalled stone surround in the west wall, and a timber, recessed shelving unit to the left, possibly with pre-C20 elements. To the first floor are four-panelled doors, a fitted cupboard and pine floorboards. The roof structures have been at least partially replaced in the later C20.