Old Chimneys

Old Chimneys is a house with elements dating from the medieval period. The front wall is of painted rubble masonry, incorporating gatepiers and a wrought-iron gate, with decorative cast iron railings atop the slate coping.

The main part of the house is a three-window, two-storey range with a substantial chimney on the left. The house is constructed from rubble limestone masonry, now thickly limewashed and painted. Side and rear walls are rendered and painted, and it has a slate roof with a small end-chimney to the right. The upper windows are narrow modern timber casements; the lower windows are similar but square. A fine doorway is centrally positioned, featuring a pointed sandstone arch constructed from two stones, with chamfered arrises, small outbands, and the jambs standing on limestone plinth blocks. The door itself is modern.

The front chimney is over 7 metres tall, with sloping sides. It is of rubble masonry, with a vertical face to the front and sloping flanks from hearth-head height, following the flue's gather. The upper portion is a tall, tapering circular shaft, approximately 1.5 metres in diameter at the base and 2.5 metres high, topped with capping and dripstones. The chimney lacks interior features.

A second large chimney stands at the rear, built on a base measuring 1.5 metres by 4 metres and standing approximately 6 metres tall. It has sloping sides and additional buttresses to the south and east. The top portion is slightly over 1 metre square, with slightly rounded corners, and is more open than the front chimney, lacking a distinct shaft. This rear chimney may have previously served a farm purpose before becoming the house's kitchen chimney, and it now contains a 19th-century bread oven.

A two-storey rear wing is also of rubble masonry with a slate roof parallel to the main range. Window openings on the north and south have Tudor-style hood moulds. To the east of this extension is a later coach-house and stables block.