Whitethorn

Whitethorn is a cottage dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, with a single bay rebuilt in the 16th century and later additions from the 17th century on the left-hand side. The timber frame is rendered, with part of the rear wall rebuilt in brick during the 19th and 20th centuries. It has a long-straw thatched roof with 19th-century grey gault brick upper courses and a ridge stack from the 17th or 18th century. Two bays of a single aisled hall survive, the aisle being to the rear. A third bay to the right-hand side was rebuilt in the 16th century, and other additions have been made. The cottage now has a lobby entry and is one storey with an attic, featuring one dormer window. There are three windows and a doorway opposite the stack.

The interior retains two bays of the original single aisled hall. A mortice indicates the presence of a third bay to the right, which was rebuilt in the 16th century. The arcade plate at the rear and the wall plate at the front were cut down during this rebuild. A stack was inserted into the hall in the late 17th century; it is made of narrow red and yellow gault bricks. The front wall of the aisled hall survives, with wide-set tenoned studs set on a stone plinth. Two square arcade posts with straight braces to the arcade plate remain, being comparatively slender (5 1/2" x 5 1/2") and tenoned with a single peg. Two tie beams survive, but the joints to the plates are not visible. The arcade posts are also tenoned to a small sill beam on a stone or clunch plinth, with straight braces connecting the posts to the tie beam. One post has a mortise for an aisle tie; the other has been mutilated. The rear wall of the aisle has largely been rebuilt in brick, with the roof raised, except for some surviving rafters in one bay to the left. The open hall roof is smoke blackened. The 16th-century rebuild has substantial scantling and close-set studwork, with a contemporary floor of large, flat-laid, unmoulded joists. An original doorway leads between the open hall and the 16th-century bay. The inner and outer faces of the arcade posts are chamfered, and there are no mortices in the arcade plate.