The Thatch

The Thatch is a house dating from the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame with mud- and-stud infill, which is encased in brick on the right extension. The building has a roughly-squared chalk plinth and sections of walling on the main part, and it is rendered throughout, except for a whitewashed chalk wall on the south side.

The main section consists of two rooms with stairs next to a central stack, comprising two main bays of timber frame with intermediate wall-posts and a narrow central bay that was once for a fire-hood. There is a single-room extension to the right, which has one bay of timber frame and a 20th-century entrance porch at the rear.

The south front, which faces the street, is single storey with an attic and has a slightly lower extension to the right. It features five windows, with an irregular plinth on the main section. In the center, there is a projecting coursed chalk wall that rises just above window level and includes a small single-pane stair window. On either side, there are two 20th-century casements with glazing bars, and one 12-pane sliding sash window in the extension. The roof has a hipped design with ornate ridge capping and axial stacks on the left and the extension.

At the rear, there is a rendered projecting central chalk section with three very small windows, two of which have leaded lights. Inside, the exposed oak framing includes wall posts with mid-rails and arched braces to tie beams and wall plates. The first-floor joists are supported by wall plates and roughly-chamfered spine beams on posts. The central stack is made of brick, likely replacing the original firehood, and features back-to-back inglenook fireplaces.