The Old House

The Old House, now divided into two properties, has medieval origins and was reworked in the 16th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Originally constructed with timber framing, parts have been recased, rebuilt, and added to in brick. The exterior features colourwashed roughcast render and clay tile roofs.

The original open hall block runs north-south and retains a hipped roof to the south. It is two storeys high, with a floor inserted in the 16th century, and has been widened in the 18th and 19th centuries. Later cross-wings project to the west and east, mostly two storeys, with a 19th-century wing to the north that has two storeys and attics.

No. 1 is a complete mid-19th-century addition, featuring a single-storey gable on the left side and a two-storey gable with attics on the right. It has mullion and transom windows throughout. No. 2 contains the original building and has three two-storey gables of varying proportions. The left-hand gable is from the 16th century, originally jettied but built out in the 19th century, with a two-storey canted bay added. The other two gables are from the 19th century, one with a two-storey canted bay and the other with an early 20th-century single-storey ballroom block projecting from it. The canted bays feature mullion and transom windows. Between the two left-hand gables is an early 20th-century two-storey hipped porch with mullioned windows on the first floor and double oak doors in a moulded surround.

The red brick chimney stacks were rebuilt in the 19th century, featuring linked octagonal flues, including a multiple stack at the junction with the 19th-century block and an integral double stack on the original rear wall of the hall block. Similar stacks are present on the various projecting rear wings. Inside, the attic retains one moulded crown post from the original roof structure and another moulded post that has been reused from elsewhere. The ground floor retains a substantial 16th-century spine beam with simple moulding.