Tongue House

Tongue House is a house dated 1678 and 1750. It features a three-storey, four-bay crow-stepped block that faces east and west, with extensive single-storey and two-storey wings to the northwest, creating an L-shaped main entrance front that faces northwest. The building is constructed of harled or harl pointed rubble with ashlar dressings.

The west elevation of the three-storey main block includes a 19th-century gabled two-storey porch located near the center. There is also a heavily buttressed single-storey and attic wing with seven bays that runs at right angles and features six swept dormers that rise through the wallhead.

On the east garden front, there is an entrance near the center of the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of steps and has a rubble parapet that oversails the ground floor. The fenestration is asymmetrical, with three narrow first-floor windows positioned close to the wallhead.

The gate piers consist of a plain square pair made of dressed rubble, featuring 12-pane glazing, a cornice ridge, and end stacks, along with crowsteps and local slate roofs.