Juxta House

Juxta House is a house dating from the 17th century, which incorporates the remains of a late medieval cruck-framed house. It has an 18th-century longitudinal extension and minor 19th-century extensions to the rear, and it was restored in 1986. The building is timber-framed with brick infill panels and red brick extensions, topped with plain tile roofs and featuring brick ridge stacks. It has a two-framed bay lobby-entry plan that is aligned east-west and faces south, with the 18th-century extension to the east on the same alignment.

The house is two storeys tall and has four tiers of square panels. The front has three windows, which include 20th-century windows that incorporate 19th-century casements, and a 20th-century canted bay window at the centre of the ground floor. To the right is a 20th-century porch with a hipped plain tile roof. The slightly lower 18th-century extension to the right has one storey and an attic, with two 20th-century gabled dormers and a ground floor casement window with a segmental head.

Inside, the common wall between the 17th-century and 18th-century phases features a pair of late medieval crucks with a massive saddle at the apex, which is likely the centre truss of an earlier house. The 18th-century extension may represent a rebuilding of part of this earlier structure, as its apex is at the same level as that of the cruck truss. In the hall of the 17th-century house, there is a large sandstone fireplace with a chamfered and stopped timber bressumer, a chamfered and stopped spine beam and joists, and evidence of a bench that was likely fixed against the west partition wall facing the fireplace. The interior also includes several 17th-century oak doors and curved wind braces.