Parke

This is a small house, dating from several periods, built in two distinct sections. The original two-bay range is located to the north (right), with a substantial external chimney stack on its right-hand gable and a lateral stack on the front wall. A further bay was added to the left. The construction is primarily of red sandstone rubble, with some dressed stone, notably in the chimney stacks, and traces remain of heavy limewash. The original section has a tin sheet roof covering what was previously thatch, although the offset relating to the substantial chimney and the roof of the circular bread oven projecting from it are of bedded slate. The added unit to the left has a slate roof.

The original two-bay section features a doorway offset to the right, alongside a small window close to the chimney. A small window to the left of the doorway retains a two-light timber casement. A lateral chimney stack projects slightly, with offsets, and its upper section has been rebuilt or heightened in brick. To the left of this is the later unit, which has a slightly lower roofline, a single two-light window, and a stone end chimney with slate drip-courses.

At the rear, the original unit has a projecting bed-alcove behind the former parlour bay, and a small window lighting what was once a pantry behind the original hall bay.

The original section has a two-unit plan; the doorway leads into the right-hand hall bay, which includes a croglofft (a raised area). The original fireplace remains, featuring a cambered timber bressumer and a domed, brick-lined bread oven. The croglofft is supported by three small longitudinal beams, with roughly chamfered joists. A loft partition has a pegged truss and is studded – a ground floor partition has been removed, but a shift in floor level indicates the original division into two bays. Two further pegged trusses are visible in the loft; these are halved and pinned and have minimally lapped collars. All timberwork has been lime-washed. A longitudinal partition to a small pantry at the rear of this bay has been lost. Remains of a straw thatch roof, secured to split battens by rope, are visible in the croglofft. Above the parlour bay, the feet of a further truss are visible, and a boarded ceiling is present. The added unit, which was latterly a bedroom, has a small fireplace with a timber lintel on the gable wall, and is open to the roof, which contains two pegged trusses, crossed at the apex to support a ridge beam.