Long Thatch

Long Thatch is a cottage dating from around 1500, with alterations made in the 17th and 20th centuries. It is timber framed, with rendered panels filling the spaces between the framing, a painted stone plinth, and a thatched roof. The building was likely originally an open hall of four framed bays. The timber framing is composed of rectangular panels, two and three high to the wall plate, with short, straight braces. The cottage is one storey high, with an attic. A 20th-century raking eaves-dormer is located off-centre to the right, featuring a four-light casement window, and there is a rendered ridge stack off-centre to the left. The front of the building is irregular, with seven windows fitted with 20th-century casements, most of which are small. A boarded door is set between the first and second windows from the left, and is sheltered by a gabled wooden porch. Inside, an arch-braced full cruck truss divides the first and second framed bays from the left, while the remaining bays feature queen strut trusses. There is evidence of a cross passage in line with the front door, and likely a 17th-century inserted floor and chimney stack.