Overton House

Overton House is a two-storey, three-window house dating from the mid-18th century, with later additions to each end. The house is constructed of local rubble, rendered externally. The roof was originally thatched, and this is indicated by a slight upstand in the gable masonry. Modern corrugated sheeting now covers the roof. A mid-way chimney and a right-end chimney are present, along with a further chimney serving a bakehouse at the right end. On the first floor, broad three-light casement windows are positioned at the ends of the house, and a smaller casement window is centrally located, all set at eaves level. A shallow-gabled stone porch with side seats fronts the centre of the house, with a boarded entrance door and broad three-light casement windows to each side. Attached to the left end is a two-bay barn, and a bakehouse is attached to the right end, with a front doorway and a window to the rear. A late 18th or early 19th century dairy block is located to the rear of the house, set at a right angle and featuring a boarded door. A later wall fills the recess between the dairy block and a bed outshut of the house, forming a pantry. The house is set within a small croft, with a vegetable patch at the front enclosed by a rubble-walled boundary with an iron gate leading to a path. Another rubble wall encloses the rear of the croft, incorporating a gate and stile.

Inside, a central stair passage features wooden stairs. To the left of the passage is a hall with transverse joists, some of which are chamfered. It contains a fireplace with a simple chamfered bressummer, and above, a charnel box with smaller longitudinal joists, featuring a window to the landing above. A bench is positioned to the left of the fireplace. A bed outshut is present in the north-east corner, featuring a window in the north-east wall. To the right of the hall is a parlour with transverse chamfered joists, and cupboards with fielded panelling flank a modern fireplace. A kitchen, formerly a dairy, is located at the rear. On the first floor, the stair divides at a small landing, with the upper part of the charnel box located to the left. Rooms are divided by boarded partitioning, and the roof timbers are likely from the late 19th century, with the underside of the roof boarded. The interior of the bakehouse contains boilers and a brick oven.