Tudor House

TL 45 SW HAUXTON HIGH STREET (North East Side)

4/142 Nos.1,3 (Tudor House)

II

House, formerly Kings Head P.H., C15 with C16 and C20 alterations. Timber frame, rendered with steeply pitched tiled gable roofs and a yellow brick ridge stack. Plan of hall and crosswing. Hall, C15 of one storey and attic. One dormer and two windows and a doorway, all C20. The doorway is possibly on the site of the original entry to the medieval cross-passage. Crosswing, of two storeys, with the first floor jettied and carved on shaped brackets. Two windows, both C20. There are C20 additions at the rear. Interior: The hall was originally open to the roof and had a floor and stack inserted in laid C16. The mid C16 ceiling is carried on clamps pegged to the side girths of the walls. The main beam has a chamfered and leaf stopped main beam and roll moulded joists. There is an inglenook hearth. The open hall was completely reroofed in C19 or C20 but one rafter of the original crown post roof has been retained. It is well carpentered, sooted and has a joint for a collar. The crosswing is in two bays and was probably a parlour or solar wing. The framing is exposed at first floor, internally between the crosswing and a bedroom. The framing is substantial and close set, and there is paired, curved downward bracing from the principal post to the side girth. The ceiling to the ground floor room has chamfered main beam and large, unmoulded joists of uniform scantling. Originally the first floor was open to the roof, and the ceilings were inserted possibly in C17. The cambered tie beams have arch bracing. The roof is intact and of crown post construction. The crown post is unmoulded and has curved bracing to the collar purlin only. Each pair of rafters is joined by a collar. R.C.H.M.: record car

Listing NGR: TL4404152160