James House

James House is a house dating from the late 16th and early 17th century, with significant remodelling in the early 18th century and a later 20th-century restoration. It is constructed of brick, originally timber frame, with a plain tile roof and brick end and ridge stacks. The house has a T-shaped plan, comprising a 17th-century range aligned north-east to south-west and an 18th-century crosswing aligned north-west to south-east, with a gabled wing to the left. The two-storey wing to the left has a moulded first-floor band and a 20th-century dentilled attic band, while the two-storey range to the right shows an exposed timber wall-plate. It has two bays of casements with segmental heads, and a blocked doorway to the left of the right-hand range. The north-east gable features decorative timber framing with diagonal struts and quatrefoils within square panels. The interior includes timber-framed partition walls; the 18th-century wing has walls of slight framing, while the 17th-century range has walls of square panels. Original 18th-century doors are present. An inner roof truss in the 17th-century range has a central vertical strut above the upper of two collars, one pair of purlins, and a ridge piece. Above the 18th-century wing remain elements of a king-post truss.