The Mount

The Mount is a one-and-a-half storey building, originally a two-room block, dating to the early 20th century. It is rendered over a rubble stone base and has an artificial stone slate roof, which replaced the original stone slates in 1993. A small rear wing, possibly added later, is positioned behind the main block.

The front elevation features an early 20th century part-glazed door to the right, set against a stack. To the left is a three-light and a two-light casement window, both with oak lintels. Above these windows are the truncated ends of seven first-floor joists, indicating that the building originally had a pentice along the entire front; the window sizes reflect the different status and uses of the heated hall and the unheated dairy. The upper floor is blind on the front, as dormers were never added. The gable elevation has a window on either side of the stack on the upper floor only: a two-light casement on the left and a single-pane window on the right, the latter illuminating the staircase and retaining one of the original two diamond timber mullions behind its glass. The rear wing has a lower roofline, featuring a plank door at the join to the main structure and a small two-over-two sash window to its right, with another small two-light casement window above.

The interior remains remarkably unchanged. The ground floor includes a baffle entry into the hall, which boasts a large fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and an oak lintel. The ceiling beams are chamfered with bar and run-out stops. A plank-and-muntin screen is complete with original doors at either end; the dairy behind the screen lacks a fireplace. To the left of the stack, an oak winding stair with solid treads leads to the upper floor, illuminated only by garret windows in the gable ends. The original floorboards remain, over a three-bay roof featuring two raised cruck trusses with tie beams and two tiers of purlins. The truss between the rooms retains the original lath-and-plaster infill, along with its original door. The rear wing was not inspected, so its age is uncertain; it may be an addition or potentially contemporary.