Staick House

Staick House is a timber-frame house, dating from the 14th century, with extensions from the 16th and 17th centuries, and some early 20th-century restoration. It is constructed with rendered infill panels between timber framing, set on a rubble plinth, and has a graduated stone tile roof. The house follows an H-plan, with a central hall range originally open, aligned east to west. The west cross-wing likely dates to the late 16th century and was extended northwards in the 17th century. The east cross-wing is from the 14th century and extended southwards in the 17th century.

The west cross-wing has a lateral stack on its west wall, and an axial stack towards its north end. Axial stacks are also present on the centre of the hall and the east cross-wing, with two lateral stacks on the east cross-wing. These stacks are built of rubble with renewed brick shafts. The south front has gabled cross-wings on either side, the right-hand one projecting further. The left-hand cross-wing features one storey with attic space, lit by a four-light casement in the gable, above a five-light timber mullion and transom window. The central hall range is two storeys high, with a three-light casement to the left and two single-light casements to the right. Ground floor windows include a three-light casement to the left and a two-light casement to the right. An entrance on the right has a lean-to tiled canopy and a 19th-century studded door. The right-hand cross-wing is two storeys high and jettied, with a three-light casement below a plank weathering. The ground floor has a four-light mullion and transom window, and a small pigeon loft occupies the apex of the gable.

The framing of the 14th-century section is four square panels high, with curved angle braces. The left-hand cross-wing framing is three square panels high, with a collar and V-strut in the gable-end truss apex. The other cross-wing is four rectangular panels high, with a moulded bressummer to the jetty, where the gable-end truss has diagonal framing. The interior was not inspected; the hall roof reportedly has two main bays and is heavily smoke blackened. The central truss features an arch-braced tie-beam with moulded capitals, curved braces beneath the collar, and a cusped upper surface forming a trefoil, with cusped wind-braces. The 14th-century east wing has three main bays with tie-beams and vertical struts to the collars, and curved wind-braces. The inserted hall floor has exposed, chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.