Sunnyside

Sunnyside is a house that dates from the mid-16th century and late 17th century, with later enlargements and alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber-framed and rendered on a plinth, with brick and clay bat additions in the later parts. It features a combed wheat reed thatch roof, topped with a soft red brick ridge stack from the late 17th century, which has been rebuilt in its upper courses. The house consists of three bays, with one bay on the left side remaining from the mid-16th century, and two bays on the right side from the late 17th century. The original mid-16th century house was likely an open hall, while the late 17th century layout suggests a possible lobby entry.

The house has two storeys and six mid-20th century hung sash windows on the first floor. A clay bat lean-to was added in the 19th century, which has since been enlarged and re-roofed. Inside, the mid-16th century timber frame features uniform scantling with jowelled heads on the posts and downward bracing. The ground floor room has ogee stop-chamfered main beams and middle rails, although the middle rail in the front wall has been altered. There are shutter grooves in both the front and rear walls on the ground floor. A mid-16th century closed truss separates the original bay from the late 17th century rebuild, except for an original doorway opening that is now partly blocked. The first floor has similar studwork and sites for a diamond mullion window. The roof is a through purlin type, possibly with later wind bracing, and this bay may have served as the solar end of an open hall. The late 17th century two bays include abutting soft red brick inglenook hearths with iron pot-hooks, along with some inserted and reset timbers, braced tiebeams, and original elm boarding, as well as stop-chamfered main beams.