Single storey thatched building. The structure is present on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1868, but is shown on old photographs from the latter half of the 19th century in a dilapidated condition. It was repaired and re-roofed with a single pitch corrugated iron covering early in the 20th century, but following acquisition by the Manx Museum and National Trust the gables were raised to create a ridge and the resulting new roof structure was thatched.


Since 1946 the building has housed a woodturner's treadle lathe is used to demonstrate tradtional craftsmanship.