The White Hart P.H.

The White Hart P.H.

This building consists of two houses set at right angles to each other, overlapping only at the gable, creating an impressive L-shaped ensemble. The construction is entirely of whitewashed local stone rubble with Welsh slate roofs. The structure is partly two storeys, partly two storeys with attic, and partly three storeys; all sections are single depth. Each house has an addition with a lower roofline attached to its far gable.

South Wing

The south elevation displays a three-storey block on the left and a lower two-storey block on the right. The left section has two 3-light lattice casements on the ground and first floors, with another in a central gable above. These are modern replacement reserved chamfer windows, though they may accurately reproduce earlier originals. The surviving original windows throughout the building are all ovolo moulded, consistent with the structure's probable date. The roof is steeply pitched with a large stone chimney on the right gable serving the ground floor fireplace, and a chimney with a diamond-set flue on the left gable for the first floor room. This stack is corbelled out on the gable wall. The gable has a 3-light window on the ground floor, a blocked 3-light window on the first floor, and an original 2-light ovolo moulded window in the attic. To the right of this block is the lower range, featuring a plank door to the cross passage and two 3-light windows in a gabled dormer above. This section has a steeply pitched roof with a large, partly 19th-century brick stack to the right gable.

The rear elevation shows the lower range on the left with a single-storey kitchen extension abutting the gable end, 3-light windows on the ground floor, and a large gabled dormer above. A modern glazed door provides entry to the cross passage. A modern single-storey lean-to lavatory covers the ground floor of the main block, which is also covered by the north wing. A 4-light ovolo moulded window is on the first floor.

Interior of South Wing

The main room contains two cross beams plus a beam with mortices for a missing post-and-panel partition, with combed plaster around the beams. The fireplace has been altered and retains an oak lintel, with a glazed door to the cross passage on the left and a stair to the right. The second floor features a doorway between the wings with an oak frame and an elliptical head. This is certainly old but has undergone alteration, making its provenance uncertain.

North Wing

The street elevation presents the tall block on the right and the lower block on the left. The house part has 3-light ovolo windows on the right gable at ground and first floor levels. The street front displays a 3-light ovolo window on the ground floor and a 4-light window above, both under oak lintels, with a small stair window between floors to the left. The roof is steeply pitched with a rooflight and two chimneys to the left gable and a single flue to the right, all diamond-set. To the left is a lower altered wing with a glazed door and a 3-light casement on the ground floor, and above, a taking-in door in a gable, now converted to a window. To the left of this is a late 20th-century extension with a blank wall.

The rear elevation of the main block has a replacement 3-light window on the ground floor and an original ovolo window above. The extension block has two cross-framed casements below and two small 2-light casements above, all relatively modern. To the right is a doorway flanked by small windows leading to the modern single-storey extension, which has three small windows in the gable end.

Interior of North Wing

The main room features a stone firestair to the left of an altered fireplace, with a glazed door to the right providing access to the inner room. Two chamfered cross-beams with ogee stops are present. Ovolo mouldings decorate the windows on the front and end walls. Remains of combed plasterwork survive. The roof structure comprises semi-cruck principal trusses.