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Rubble construction, rendered to N and E (including E house); S gable is whitewashed. Slate roofs. Renewed stone chimneys to centre of W house, and W gable of E house. Velux window to centre of roof of W house, also to rear. W house has five bay lofted elevation. To left is window: door: window, and towards right end, two casements: all windows to both houses replaced in C20, but some protect C17 glazing, such as the N attic gable window, which has diamond mullions. S gable has attic window. E elevation of W house has intermediate lobby between both houses to right; two casement window to left with Velux in roof above. S (front) elevation of E house of two bays with casements to ground floor and two C20 dormer windows above. Junction building has lower ridgeline, with outshut porch having steep catslide roof; dormer above. Rear of E house has small window towards centre, two Velux lights above.

W house originally had chimney passage, with downslope byre, latter now converted to a kitchen, the entry now laterally into the hall. Unheated inner room at N end divided room hall by a post-and-panel partition, which has stop-chamfered posts and chamfered Tudor-arched outer doors, the E one blocked. Hall has close-set beams with deep chamfers and slightly ogee stops. Fireplace has timber bressumer, the flue reversed for stove in kitchen. Chimney stair to left of fireplace entered via timber Tudor-arched door. Tudor-arched doorway from hall into former byre (kitchen). Roof structure of W house consists of upper crucks with notched lapped collars; three sets of trenched purlins. E house consists of hall and similarly-sized parlour, both heated. Closely-spaced joist beams with deep chamfers and stops. Post-and-panel partition with Tudor-arched head to N: like those in the other house, the posts have stops set high up. Chimney stair to right of fireplace.