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Detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1850, possibly originally thatched with single-bay single-storey lean-to advanced porch to front. Reroofed, c.1930. Refenestrated, c.1980. Hipped gabled roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1930. Iron ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Lean-to to advanced porch. Slate. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered to porch. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1980. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1980. Road fronted.Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone mono-pitched outbuilding, c.1850, to north-east. Reroofed, c.1930. Mono-pitched roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1930. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Cut-stone quoins. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Timber fittings.Gateway, c.1900, to north-east with wrought iron double gates having hoop finials.

This house is an attractive modest-scale single-storey range that was probably originally thatched – the replacement of the thatch covering to the roof with corrugated-iron is nevertheless a vernacular practise and confirms the social importance of the building. Although altered over subsequent years, the original character of the building is still evident, most notably in the small proportions of the window openings that were formed so as to conserve heat within. The low-lying nature of the piece is also in keeping with the roofline and streetscape qualities of the village of Johnstown Bridge. The house is attractively set fronting on to the road and is complemented by a rubble stone outbuilding to north-east, forming a prominent feature in the locality.