East Hook

This is a house, likely dating back to the 18th century, constructed of rubble stone with some rendering, and with slate roofs. The building is arranged in two ranges, forming an L-plan layout. The taller main range is positioned to the right, with a lower service wing extending to its left. A rear, hipped stair tower is also present. The original facade, likely five bays wide, is obscured by the added wing.

The main range has roughcast end stacks and a rendered facade to the right of the wing, featuring a three-window arrangement of renewed, narrow eight-pane sash windows. The entrance door is located in the angle between the two wings. The wing itself is of rubble stone construction, with a western stack and a two-window range of renewed eight-pane sash windows on its southern return. The wing’s western end is windowless, with a single first-floor sash on the north side, showing traces of old whitewash.

The range to the left has a lower roofline and remnants of whitewash. A lean-to porch sits in the angle to the right, featuring a cambered-headed entry with stone voussoirs and a small, round window. Inside the porch, a doorway with stone voussoirs leads to the main house. A single two-pane sash window is visible on the first floor, while a small, square window with stone voussoirs is found on the ground floor; its original purpose may have been as a fireplace window, though there is no discernible chimney on the north gable.

The south end of the main range is rendered, while the rear is of rubble stone. A large, roughly stepped buttress is located at the left corner, alongside an eight-pane sash window with a concrete lintel. The stair tower has two rows of dove-holes in its southern wall and a large stair light with stone voussoirs, positioned above a smaller ground-floor window; the north side of the tower is windowless, with a lean-to addition on the ground floor. The main house has a remnant of whitewash, with an eight-pane sash window with a timber lintel on the first floor and a larger window on the ground floor. The range to the right has continuous stonework, partly whitewashed, with three first-floor eight-pane sash windows having slab lintels - the centre one being a later addition. The ground floor openings are irregularly positioned, featuring a larger eight-pane sash to the left of centre, a small square window with a slab lintel, and an inserted door with a concrete lintel to the right.

A single-storey outbuilding continues the line to the north, and has been extensively modernised. The east side features a square window, a stone voussoir-framed door, and another square window set low, all renewed. A large window was installed in the north gable end in 2003, and the west rear has three new windows.

The interior, which was only partially inspected, shows evidence of a cross-passage leading to the stair, originally lined with 18th-century panelling, although the left side has been removed and the space opened into a main room. Some of this panelling remains on the right wall in the south end room, featuring small, square fielded panels. The stair tower contains a wide dog-leg staircase with shaped splat balusters. Other interior features include panelled doors, panelled reveals, and close-spaced beams. In the ground-floor room of the wing, fielded panelling was restored in 2003, and includes a central cupboard recess. Simple two-panel doors are also present, as is a wide fireplace in the north kitchen.