The Old Shop

The Old Shop is a two-storey, two-window house from the early 18th century, dating around 1740, and it faces south. The house features six-pane sash windows in exposed frames at the front, which have been repaired, while the upper window on the right likely retains its original sashes. The roof is covered with slate.

There are extensions to the house, including a byre with a loft and a disroofed pigsty attached to the east, as well as a room with a large end-chimney and a loft attached to the west. Both extensions have a lower roof line 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 facing the front. Access from the porch to the house is now through the additional room on the west. All buildings are constructed of local rubble masonry, mostly rendered, and have slate roofs similar to the house, except for the byre.

The byre features a good cobbled floor and has been partitioned, with about one-third accessible from the house and separate loft stairs in each section. The roof is covered with asbestos sheeting. In the additional room on the west, the end-fireplace was arched over, and there was a bread oven to its right, but later alterations have left only traces of these features.

Detached from the main group to the west are two outbuildings that back onto the roadside. These consist of an open-fronted shed and an enclosed shed in tandem, which communicate through a door with ventilation slits. Both are made of rendered rubble masonry and have cobbled floors, with the enclosed shed covered by a corrugated steel roof. Inside the enclosed shed, there is a large hook attached to the roof and a disused boiler in the corner, now without its flue. The west side features a barred and shuttered window. This structure appears to have been 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. The Old Shop is an interesting example of a complete set of village butcher's premises based on an 18th-century cottage, now forming a picturesque group.