Marsh Close

Marsh Close is a house dated 1665 and initialled by Richard and Mary Austwick. It is constructed of large dressed stone with a Welsh blue-slate roof, although it was originally thatched. The building has a two-cell direct-entry plan and stands two storeys high. On the first floor, there are three windows. A continuous cyma-moulded dripcourse runs along the building, and there are steps leading up to the doorway, which features composite jambs and a depressed Tudor-arched lintel with the date, surrounded by a chamfered edge and spandrels. The windows have double-chamfered surrounds, with some replacements, and include configurations of 4 lights, 2 lights, and three 4-light windows on the first floor. There are two stone ridge stacks and an added external brick stack on the right gable. At the rear, there is a chamfered mullioned window with two wide lights to the left of the doorway, featuring a monolithic lintel, and a 4-pane window to the right end. The house is prominently located on the edge of the Common.