Middleton House

Middleton House is a house likely dating back to the late 17th century, with an 18th-century addition and a further extension at the rear. The house is constructed of roughly rendered and coursed rubble, topped with a Welsh slate roof; the rear extension has an almost flat roof, the covering material of which is not visible. It has a single depth plan over two storeys and a garret, with a modern extension on the left-hand side.

The main front elevation features a series of windows. Starting from the left, there is a sash window with 3 over 6 panes, the upper sashes having pointed heads, which originally lit the front door and now illuminates a cross passage. This is followed by a tripartite window with 1 + 3 + 1 panes over 2 + 6 + 2 panes, and then the main front door itself—a six-panelled door within a moulded architrave. The door appears as if it leads into a lobby against the main stack, but it was actually inserted into the original parlour wall in the 18th century. Finally, a canted bay with 6 over 9 pane sashes is flanked by 5 + 5 French casements, which light the 18th-century drawing room. The upper floor mirrors the lower, with 4 over 8 pane sashes and paired 3 over 6 pane sashes, none of which align with the features below, indicating that the house predates the Georgian period. A steeply pitched roof is punctuated by three ridge stacks, one on each gable and one behind the front door. The north gable has a modern 3 + 3 casement window on the ground floor, and a small 2 + 2 casement in the garret; the south gable is blank. The foundations of the original north gable wall remain as a retaining wall to the lawn.

The rear elevation has a canted bay on the left, matching the front, with a 4 over 8 pane sash window above and a roof light. The remainder of the rear is covered by a projecting wing which has windows characteristic of the early 19th century. The ground floor of this wing features a 3 x 3 casement, a 3 x 2 casement, a 6 + 6 casement, and a plain door. The upper floor has a 4 over 8 pane sash, likely reused from the original rear wall, and two 6 + 6 casements. A roof light and a kitchen stack are located within the rear slope of the main roof.

The ground floor of the original house now contains a kitchen, which occupies the space of the former cross passage. This room has chamfered spine beams with double bar and ogee stops, along with chamfered joists, all with bar and ogee stops. The kitchen utilizes the flue from a fireplace in the now-demolished kitchen that once backed onto the cross passage. The parlour, now the dining room, features roll-moulded beams and a fireplace with a firestair. The drawing room and the main staircase are incorporated within the 18th-century addition. The upper rooms expose the roof structure, with heavy principals and collars in the 17th-century section, troughed to accommodate heavy purlins—now absent—suggesting an original stone slate roof. The 18th-century section has considerably lighter principals, collars, and purlins.