The Olde Parsonage Guest House And Attached Cottages To The Left

The Olde Parsonage Guest House and attached cottages is a parsonage house, dating to the late 17th century, with a late 19th-century extension. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with squared stone to the 19th-century extension, a Ham Hill stone plinth and dressings, stepped stone copings to the gable ends, stone stacks to the gable ends of the 19th-century block, and a brick stack to the right gable end of the 17th-century block. The building has an irregular T-shaped plan.

The symmetrical front block, dating from the late 19th century, features a three-window range with 3-light windows containing stone mullions, transoms, and cast-iron casements. A central gabled bay is stepped forward and contains steps leading to a recessed porch with a door. A canted single-storey, two-light bay with a hipped stone roof and a similar three-light window above are located on the right return. A lower gabled rear wing has similar two-light windows, and attached to the rear-right is the late 17th-century wing, originally a two-unit plan with a former central entrance. This wing has a three-window range with hollow-moulded stone-mullioned windows. A canted 19th-century porch with a hipped slate roof and a Tudor arch is in the angle to the left.

Inside the 19th-century front block, original features remain, including a white marble fireplace to the left, a high dado rail with tongue-and-grooved boarding below, and a staircase with a wreathed oak rail. The 17th-century wing has a five-bay layout with four chamfered beams on the ground floor. A former open fireplace with a chamfered stone surround is in the left-hand room, and the right-hand room is raised above a shallow cellar, featuring a late 19th-century fireplace. A newel stair, originally rising to the attic, has been altered, and is enclosed by pine plank-and-muntin panelling on both floors. The attic contains two exposed trusses with trenched purlins and principal rafters.

Attached to the left are two early 19th-century cottages, now part of The Olde Parsonage. Constructed of limestone rubble with a slate roof, they have the lower courses of stone slates, stone coping, and a truncated brick stack to the left gable end. They are two storeys with a four-window range, entrances to the rear, wooden lintels to all openings, and eaves-level first-floor windows. The right-hand cottage has 3-light casements with small panes on both floors, while the left-hand cottage has 20th-century windows. The interiors of the cottages were not inspected.