Carter's House, Main Street, Allanton

Later 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, picturesque, 3-bay terraced cottage. Stugged ashlar with droved ashlar dressings; harl-pointed rubble to rear with modern lean- to harled addition with glazed porch to centre and left of rear. Chamfered arrises; slightly raised margins with long and short raised tails.

W (STREET) ELEVATION: modern panelled door to centre with letterbox plate glass fanlight. Stone-mullioned bipartite window in bay to right. Segmental-arched pend-opening in bay to left with heavily- channelled ashlar to arch.

E ELEVATION: modern lean-to addition to centre and in bay to left, with glazed porch to centre (see above). Droved ashlar segmental-arched pend-opening to outer right.

Modern glazing. Ornamental slating with purple slates alternated with green fishscale slate bands. Curvilinear gabled ashlar dormers with ashlar finials, segmental-arched windows and round-headed panel to dormerhead, in each flanking bay. 19th century flush skylight to centre. Ashlar coped skews. Brick mutual stacks.

INTERIOR: much altered, 1996.

PEND: setts to ground. Rubble walls flanking.