Former House at the Hawk and Buckle Inn

One-and-a-half storeyed C-plan gabled building; of limestone rubble construction with some greenish sandstone dressings and early brick in the gable apexes; steeply-pitched slate roof, the main section hipped and with uneven ridge profile. Right-of-centre entrance to the main (hall) block, accessed via a narrow passage some 1.5m wide, between advanced and gabled wings. Shallow Tudor-arched entrance with jambs and voussoirs of tighly-jointed sandstone ashlar; heavily-weathered label. Above this is an early window, formerly of 4 lights, with pegged wooden frame and evidence for former off-set wooden mullions. The advanced wings each have a small square primary window on the inner, passage sides, near the entrance; these have chamfered sandstone lintels and sills and that to the L retains its original 2-bar ferementa (the other shows evidence of having had similar). There are put-log holes visible along both sides, some blocked. Towards the front, on the same inner face, there is a further primary entrance to the right-hand wing. This has been raised and widened to the R and has an inserted (re-used) timber lintel; recessed modern boarded door. The passage is partly covered by a modern plastic roof.

The left-hand wing is slightly broader than that to the R. It has a large modern garage entrance to the front with a 2-light plain-glazed windoiw above. The right-hand wing has a C19 external stair to its gable, giving access to a first-floor entrance with plain modern door.

The ground-floor of the right-hand projecting wing has a beamed ceiling with stopped-chamfered lateral beam and close-set joists. The opposing wing is open to the roof (though clearly formerly subdivided) and is of 4 bays. This has raking strut collar trusses, formerly closed and possibly representing an early alteration; contemporary purlins and rafters. The rear section has a modern floor insertion with steel ladder access.