Former Drying Houses

The former drying houses are two adjoining structures built of random rubble with slate roofs and tiled ridges. The northern range, which is the earlier of the two, is a single storey and features a gabled, slatted louvre made of corrugated iron. There are modern boarded entrances at both the left and right ends; the right entrance has a timber surround and a replaced exposed lintel, while the left entrance reaches up to eaves height. The northern gable end displays stepped-down creasing, suggesting that there was once an additional range. At the rear, there is a loading bay with a modern boarded door.

The later southern range is stepped up and has a steeper roof pitch, standing at one-and-a-half storeys. It has an entrance on the right with a cambered red brick head and a recessed modern boarded door, along with a slatted vent above it. There is a similar slatted vent on the southern gable.

Inside the northern range, there is an internal stone stair that leads from the left entrance to the former drying floor. The stoking hole for the kiln can be seen at the northern end. The southern range retains part of its drying floor in the southern section, which features ceramic tiles set onto an iron grid. There is also a stoking hole in the northern section, with a vented loft above it.