Butts Farmhouse

Butts Farmhouse is a house that originally dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century, designed as an open hall with service and parlour ends. In the late 16th century or early 17th century, the parlour end was rebuilt as a crosswing, during which a chimney stack was added to the through passage and the open hall was floored. The building is timber framed, partly plaster rendered, and features a thatched roof made of reed with a rebuilt ridge stack. It has one storey and an attic, with two gabled dormers and two casement windows, all dating from the 20th century. The doorway to the lobby entry has a door from the late 17th century or early 18th century, which is made up of two panels. The crosswing is also timber framed, partly exposed, with brick nogging that has been partially restored. It has a thatched roof of reed with plastered and coved eaves and a ridge stack, and like the main house, it has one storey and attics, with two gable end casements from the 20th century.

Inside, the late 16th century or early 17th century floor frame of the former open hall is only partially visible. The joists rest on clamps that are pegged to the studs and tenoned to the chamfered spine beam, laid on edge. In the room to the right of the hall, the floor frame is similar, but the joists are unmoulded, laid flat, and made of substantial scantling. An inspection of the roof over the hall revealed two adjacent pairs of sooted rafters with vacant joints for collars, indicating that there had been a crown post roof before the current side purlin roof was built in the late 16th century or early 17th century. In the crosswing, the main beams and middle rails feature 17th century chamfers and stops, and the side purlin roof is later than that over the hall and is likely a rebuild.