Wakefield House

Wakefield House is a house dating from the early 16th century, with a 17th-century addition. It features a timber frame with brick infill panels and a plain tile roof, along with a brick ridge stack that has lozenge-shaped shafts. The building has a T-shaped plan, with the 17th-century lobby-entry plan hall range oriented east-west and facing north, alongside an early 16th-century western cross-wing. The house is two storeys tall and has four tiers of square panels with straight braces. The cross-wing includes curved braces and a roof truss with raking queen struts and a cambered collar that supports clasped purlins. The front has a 1:3 window arrangement, primarily consisting of early 19th-century glazing bar sashes. There is an early 19th-century porch at the left end of the hall range, located in the re-entrant angle with the cross-wing, featuring a six-panel door with a pilastered surround and a cornice hood. The right end of the hall range has a gabled bay with a collar and tie beam roof truss and trenched purlins. Inside, the house has chamfered and stopped ceiling beams.