Eastleigh

Eastleigh is a house with origins dating back to the 15th century, with significant developments in the mid-17th century and around 1720. The front first floor and the north end were partly rebuilt around 1840. The structure features a timber frame, with narrow local brick casing from around 1720 and early 19th-century grey gault brick. The roof is plain tiled, with a grey gault brick ridge stack and a stack at the south end.

The house has a single range plan with a lobby entry on the east side and a service area at the south end. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The front wall is primarily constructed of 1720 narrow local brick in Flemish bond, while part of the first floor has been repaired with grey gault brick from 1840. There are three modern flush frame twelve-pane hung sash windows on the first floor and three similar windows along with a doorway on the ground floor leading to the lobby entry. The doorway features a panelled door and a cut bracketed hood.

The south gable end displays exposed framing from the mid-17th century. The house was extended a few feet to the west around 1720, creating a lean-to passage that runs parallel to the main rooms. The north end has turning corners, while the service range at the south end is constructed with early 18th-century narrow local brick at the front and larger red brick from the late 17th to early 18th century at the rear. This service range is single storey.

Inside, the 15th-century origins are evident in a main beam and heavy unmoulded joists above an inglenook in a room at the south end. The inglenook dates from the mid-17th century, but the ceiling framing is from the 15th century. Some original framing is visible, including ovolo main beams and wall framing from the original external wall on the west side, which has been internal since the 1720 alterations. This framing features straight downward joists and a middle rail. A parlour hearth at the north end retains original brickwork and a wooden lintel, while the south end contains back-to-back inglenooks.