Home Dale

This is an early 17th-century house located in Guilden Morden. It has been altered and extended in the 20th century. The house is timber-framed and plastered, with decorative 20th-century pargetting on the exterior. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there's a brick plinth at the base. A tall, rectangular brick chimney stack rises from the ridge to the left of the centre. The original house had a three-unit plan, with two-storey rear extensions and a hipped, tiled porch and bay window. There are two casement windows on the ground floor and four windows of varying sizes on the first floor. Inside, the exposed timber frame and floor joists remain, featuring chamfered details. A clunch chimney stack incorporates back-to-back hearths and a baking oven, with a staircase leading to the first floor rooms. A Tudor-style staircase was inserted in the 20th-century extension. The rooms to the east were rebuilt following a fire.