The Beristead

The Beristead is a house built in 1710, with a front wall casing and roof raised in the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, with Haddenham gault brick used in Flemish bond for the front wall. The roof is a mansard style, covered with plain tiles and features gault brick patterned tumbling at the parapet gable ends, supported by kneelers that hold two urns. The house has a ridge and end stacks and is one storey with attics, including three dormers. The ground floor has three openings with segmental arches, all from the 19th century, and two doorways that are now blocked.

Inside, the house was subdivided in the late 18th or early 19th century, and the openings reflect this change. There is an inglenook hearth at the north end with a lintel carved with the initials WW and the date 1710. This same room features stop-chamfered main beams and joists that are laid flat. The other two rooms also have stop-chamfered main beams. A smaller hearth, also dating from 1710, has an opening under a segmental arch made of two header courses.