The Dukes

The Dukes is a 2-storey timber-framed house dating from the 19th century, featuring hand-moulded brick nogging and a slate roof. It has a broad brick chimney stack, with a narrower stack added in the 19th century to the left of center, and another 19th-century brick stack at the right end. The house consists of a main range and a short cross wing.

The main range has two windows and a central boarded door with a glazed panel. There is a likely blocked original entrance to the left, aligned with the stack, which is obscured by vegetation. The main range features mid-20th century 3-light steel-framed casement windows. The cross wing has much renewed framing and 3-light wood-framed casement windows that have replaced the original openings on each storey. The left side wall of the wing includes a single inserted window at the lower left, while the rear gable end has renewed brick nogging, a 2-light window on the upper storey, and two 1-light windows below.

The right gable end of the main range was rebuilt in brick during the 19th century. At the rear, the main range has three 2-light windows in the upper storey above a later 19th-century lean-to that is painted white and features French doors. Further to the right is a rear wing built in 1859, which has a replacement boarded door, an inserted 3-light window to its left, and a segmental-headed small-pane window to its right. The upper storey of this wing has two 2-light windows, and the gable end features a single inserted casement window at the upper right, along with a 3-light and a 2-light window at the rear, one of which is under an original segmental head.

Inside the 2-unit main range, the hall on the left side has a large fireplace lintel and cornice, along with a re-used spine beam. The room on the right also contains a chamfered spine beam. The parlour in the cross wing features a cross beam supported by a moulded bracket.