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Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone house, c.1825, retaining some early fenestration. Renovated, c.1960, with some openings remodelled to accommodate commercial use. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Rendered coping to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Rendered chimney breast to front (north-west) elevation. Square-headed openings (some remodelled, c.1960). Stone sills. Rendered surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows (replacement timber casement windows, c.1960, to remodelled openings). Set back from road perpendicular to road with forecourt now in use as petrol station.Attached two-bay single-storey rubble stone forge, c.1825, to right (south-west) with square-headed integral carriageway. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Roughcast wall to side (south-west) elevation. Painted. Square-headed integral carriageway. Timber boarded double doors.

This house, which has been partly remodelled in the late twentieth century to accommodate a commercial use, is an attractive vernacular-style rubble stone building that retains some of its original character. The house is of interest due to its associations with the attached forge to right (south-west), which is an instance of a small-scale industrial building in the locality. The buildings retain some original or early features and materials, including some timber sash fenestration and slate roofs having cast-iron rainwater goods. Attractively sited just off the line of the road, the buildings are an attractive feature on the streetscape, although the grounds have been remodelled and obscured to accommodate use as a petrol station.