The Trees

The Trees is a timber-framed cottage with remains of a barn, both built in the late 15th century, with later alterations.

The cottage has a brick-encased timber frame with a painted front elevation, brick stacks, and a Norfolk reed thatched roof with a patterned block ridge. The cottage is L-shaped in plan, aligned east to west, with a cross-wing projecting at the left-hand side. Standing approximately 45 metres to the south-west of the rear elevation are the ruined remains of a former barn, constructed in brick.

The cottage is of one-and-a-half storeys with its principal elevation facing north across Main Street. At the right-hand side of the ground floor is a 20th century open porch with timber posts and clay-tile roof, leading to a 20th century doorway with wooden panelled door. To its left is a bricked-up doorway. Next to this is a cambered-headed window opening with a skewback arch and 20th century casement window with small-paned glazing; a lintel above the arch suggests this opening was formed from an earlier window or door. Immediately to its left is the bricked-up doorway to the former 17th century lobby entry, also with a large lintel. Further left is another cambered-headed window opening with a 20th century casement window with small-paned glazing. The east wall of the projecting cross-wing has a soldier-arched window opening with a late-20th century uPVC casement with small-paned glazing. The gable end of the cross-wing has two ground floor window openings with late-20th century uPVC casements and an oculus to the apex of the gable. The attic storey has three gabled dormers with barge boards, thatched hoods, and late-20th century uPVC casements with small-paned glazing. Adjoining the cross-wing's left-hand return is a lean-to addition with a clay-tiled roof. Behind, the return wall of the cottage is of 20th century brick with a casement beneath a swept gable. The right-hand return is of late-20th century brick with a stone-coped gable rising to a rebuilt brick stack.

At the rear is a 20th century porch at the left-hand side, with a group of three windows of various sizes to its left. Immediately left is a late-20th century bowed window of uPVC and further left is an early-21st century open porch to a half-glazed door. Above, the attic storey is weatherboarded with three eyebrow dormers with thatched hoods and casement windows, the centre one being a late-20th century uPVC replacement.

The sitting room has a late-16th century stop-chamfered ceiling beam with apotropaic marks and mainly replacement floor joists. At the east end is the west face of a 17th century back-to-back fireplace, of which the right-hand side was rebuilt in the early-21st century. It is of brick with a large, stop-chamfered wooden bressummer with candle holes and apotropaic marks. On both sides are pointed niches with wooden inglenook seats. On the right-hand side of the fireplace is a doorway leading to the dining room while a passage to the left-hand side has doorways off it to the dining room and a kitchen at the east end. All doors and door frames are 20th century. The dining room has the east face of the back-to-back fireplace, over which is an exposed floor frame. To the ceiling is a large chamfered beam of 17th century date that extends through to the kitchen where it is supported by a large timber post. The attic storey is now subdivided into separate rooms and is predominantly modern in appearance. It has a late-15th century side purlin roof structure which is largely intact. Now ceiled over, it comprises eight bays with chamfered purlins and smoke-blackened timbers throughout, except for some later repairs. At the east end is a possible smoke vent.