The Old House

PREES C.P. SANDFORD SJ 53 SE 7/91 The Old House - 28.10.60 GV II Cottage and attached house, latterly inn, now one house. Early C17 with separate structure built early to mid-C19; later additions and alterations. C17 part: timber framed with painted brick infill and rebuilding; C20 tile roof with plain C19 bargeboards and pointed finials. Baffle-entry plan of 2 framed bays. One storey and gable-lit attic. Framing: much renewed and some brick painted in imitation; irrregular square and rectangular panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with close studding to left gable end, long straight tension braces; collar and tie beam end trusses with projecting single-purlin ends and king-strut to right. Plain central C19 panelled door with C19 glazing bar sash window to left and small mid-C19 casement to right. Small central ridge stack mainly rebuilt in C20 brown brick. Mounting block attached to front right corner. C19 extension set back to right: red brick painted black and white in imitation of timber frame; graded slate roof with internal end stack to right. 2 storeys; 3 windows, glazing bar sashes with slightly cambered heads, blind to centre on first floor. Entrance in left bay, C20 door with C19 rectangular barred overlight. Interior: of C17 part has chamfered cross beam with flat heavy joists in ground-floor room to right of stack, which has partly infilled inglenook fireplace; dog-leg staircase behind stack. First-floor rooms have original floor boards and large stepped stack visible to right of central truss of collar and tie beam roof. Formerly an inn known as The Hawk and Buckle.

Listing NGR: SJ5815334053