South Sitch

South Sitch is a house dated 1621, but it contains evidence of an earlier structure and has additions from 1842. The main range features close studded timber framing that rises from a stone plinth, with an off-centre brick ridge intermediate stack and a gabled roof that is both thatched and tiled, adorned with a scalloped ridge.

The front has two bays with angle braces at the centre and ends on the first floor. It has 20th-century casement frames with leaded lights in enlarged openings. The northwest end of the ground floor is a single-storey 20th-century addition with a thatched roof, while the southeast end features a 20th-century glazed conservatory. There is a 19th-century gabled open porch at the off-centre doorway, which has a four-centred arched head and a thatched roof.

The oak door within the porch has gothic glazing in the upper part. The northwest gable end includes four and five-light blocked mullioned windows. The southeast gable has a small four-light attic window, a three-light mullioned window on the first floor, and enlarged windows on the ground floor. This gable features a slightly cambered tie beam and angle braces from a joweled corner post. The northwest gable beam is inscribed with the date 1621 and the initials of George and Millicent Mellor.

To the northeast, there is a roughcast two-storey wing dated 1842, with a stone slated roof and a gabled porch that bears the date on a four-centred arched lintel. This wing also has an intermediate brick ridge stack with octagonal shafts.

Inside, much of the timber framing is exposed, showcasing substantial ceiling spine beams and joists. There is a good 17th-century stone hearth in the northwest corner, a newel staircase, and a timber-framed smoke hood in the attic.