DescriptionDated 1640. In its original form the house appears to have had a 3-unit plan, being altered in the late C18, perhaps in 1772, the date of inscription on the exterior, when the central stair was inserted. The brewhouse, originally detached, was added in the C19, and was joined to the house by a link in the C20. Minor alterations, mainly to the interior, were undertaken in 1965.
A 1?-storey, 3-window, house constructed of rubble stone in large roughly dressed blocks and with bigger quoins and boulder footings, under a steep slate roof (replacing original thatch) on a moulded stone eaves cornice and behind coped gable to the left. Of the stone end stacks, only the left-hand is original. The entrance is right of centre, and has a round head with thin voussoirs, and double boarded doors. The lower-storey windows have drip moulds, to the left of the entrance is a 3-light mullioned window, above which is inscribed 'HP 1640'. The other windows are replacements in finely moulded surrounds, a 6-pane sash window to the left and 12-pane sash window to the right. Three hipped half dormers have 4-pane horned sashes, and incorporate re-used mouldings in their jambs.
In the left gable end is a shallow rectangular bake-oven projection and prominent boulder footings. An attic window to the right is in a stone surround with moulded lintel, probably re-used, and an inserted attic window is to the left. One of the quoins on the left side is inscribed 'Rice Hughes hoc fecit anno domini 1772', while on the right side the verge bears another inscription 'EE mason 1893'. Continuous with the left gable end is a single storey projection with a flat roof to the rear of the house, to a 2-storey former outbuilding, probably originally a brewhouse and farm labourers' accommodation. This is constructed of rubble stone with a slate roof, with 2-pane sash windows in each storey.
The rear of the main range has 2 hipped half dormers with 4-pane sash windows, and an inserted window below the eaves in the centre lighting the stair inserted in the C18. In the lower storey are 2 original window openings with corbelled drip moulds. The right-hand is a 2-light mullioned window and the left-hand has been replaced by a narrower 16-pane sash window.
The entrance opens into a stair hall, with straight stair. To the right and left are timber-framed partitions with reed-moulded studs, and similar detail to the inner sides of the door surrounds. Both screens appear to be original, although the screen on the left side has been partly removed and incorporates re-used materials. On the right side is an 18th century fielded-panel door to the parlour and on the left is a replacement door to the kitchen. The kitchen has a central cross beam with ogee stops, and reed-moulded joists. Its fireplace has a stop-chamfered timber lintel on coursed stone jambs. The right-hand jamb has a shallow niche cut into it. To the right of the fireplace is the original stone fireplace stair. In the parlour the fireplace is infilled, but in the rear wall is a window seat with fielded-panel back. Mullioned windows have ovolo internal mouldings.
(Source; Cadw listing database) S Fielding RCAHMW 10/08/2005
