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Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone Gothic-style tea house, c.1800, with square-headed cut-away corner porch to left. Restored, 1993, to accommodate commercial use. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves. Random rubble stone walls (possibly originally rendered) repointed, 1993, with coursed squared limestone wall to right. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-limestone sills, moulded cut-limestone surrounds supporting red brick voussoirs, and timber casement windows having traceried overlight. Pointed-arch door opening in square-headed cut-away corner porch having limestone ashlar pier, and replacement glazed timber panelled door, 1993, having overlight. Set back from line of road on bank of River Nore with random rubble limestone boundary wall, 1993, to site.

A pleasant small-scale building making a picturesque impression in a site overlooking the River Nore. A number of features enhancing the architectural design importance of the building include the pointed-arch openings lending a Gothic quality to the composition. Having been reasonably well restored the building presents a feature of some historic character in a setting that has undergone extensive redevelopment over the course of the late twentieth century.