Tudor House

Tudor House, formerly known as the Kings Head Public House, is a house dating from the 15th century, with alterations from the 16th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame that is rendered, topped with steeply pitched tiled gable roofs and a yellow brick ridge stack. The building has a plan consisting of a hall and a crosswing. The hall, which dates back to the 15th century, is one storey with an attic and includes one dormer, two windows, and a doorway, all of which are from the 20th century. The doorway may be located where the original entry to the medieval cross-passage was situated.

The crosswing is two storeys high, with the first floor jettied and supported on carved brackets. It has two windows, both also from the 20th century, and there are additional 20th-century features at the rear. Inside, the hall was originally open to the roof, but a floor and stack were inserted in the 16th century. The mid-16th century ceiling is supported by clamps pegged to the side girths of the walls. The main beam is chamfered with leaf stops, and the joists are roll moulded. An inglenook hearth is present. The open hall was completely reroofed in the 19th or 20th century, but one rafter from the original crown post roof has been preserved. This rafter is well-crafted, sooted, and features a joint for a collar.

The crosswing consists of two bays and likely served as a parlour or solar wing. The internal framing is exposed on the first floor between the crosswing and a bedroom, showing substantial and closely set framing with paired, curved downward bracing from the principal post to the side girth. The ceiling of the ground floor room has a chamfered main beam and large, unmoulded joists of uniform scantling. Originally, the first floor was open to the roof, with ceilings possibly inserted in the 17th century. The cambered tie beams have arch bracing, and the roof remains intact with crown post construction. The crown post is unmoulded and features curved bracing to the collar purlin, with each pair of rafters joined by a collar.