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Grade 2*. Large pair of semi-detached houses. Mid C18 with rear service block added c1800. Well-coursed dressed stone to front, harrier-dressed stone to sides and rear, stone slate roof. 3 storeys and attics, double-depth. 6-bay symmetrical facade. Raised chamfered quoins, lst- and 2nd-floor bands, eaves cornice. Central 2 bays have identical doorways with architraves, pulvinated friezes and cornices. All windows have raised square surrounds and retain 16-pane sashes except those to second floor which has smaller windows with 20-pane sashes. Coped gables with kneelers and end stacks. Rear plainer with recessed flat-faced mullion windows. Left-hand return has similar windows and taking-in door (blocked) to each of the upper floors. Right-hand return, facing into the churchyard and therefore open to public view, has 4 ground-floor windows as front (some blocked) and some to upper-floor outer bays.

Interior: stair-halls with relatively late staircases separated from each other by a thick stone wall, each hall partitioned from the front parlours by another stone wall. Rear rooms have 2 spine beams and corner fireplaces.

A house of fine stone detail prominently sited next to the church and unusual in being an early example of semi-detached housing.

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