The Old Shop

The Old Shop is a two-storey, two-window house built around 1740, typical of early 18th century architecture, facing south. It features an outshut and stairs at the rear. The front windows are six-pane sashes set in exposed frames, which have been repaired, while the upper window on the right likely retains its original sashes. The house is covered with slate roofing.

There are extensions to the house, including a byre with a loft and a disroofed pigsty on the east side, as well as a room with a large end-chimney and a loft on the west side. Both extensions have lower roof lines and are slightly set back from the main house. A later lean-to porch at the front has doors on each side and a very narrow window at the front, providing access to the house via the additional west room.

All buildings are constructed from local rubble masonry, mostly rendered, with slate roofs similar to the house, except for the byre, which has an asbestos sheeting roof. The byre features a good cobbled floor and has been partitioned; about one-third of it is accessible from the house, with separate loft stairs in each section.

In the additional room on the west, the end-fireplace has been arched over, and there was a bread oven to its right, though later alterations have left only traces of these features.

Detached from the main group on the west are two outbuildings that back onto the roadside. These consist of an open-fronted shed and an enclosed shed in tandem, connected by a door with ventilation slits. They are also made of rendered rubble masonry and have corrugated steel roofs with cobbled floors. The enclosed shed has a large hook attached to the roof and a disused boiler in the corner, which is now missing its flue. A barred and shuttered window on the west side indicates that this was once an old wash-house that was extended and converted into a small abattoir, complete with a roof-hook for hanging carcasses.

A low garden wall runs along the front, connecting the abattoir to the house.