House on the Green

House. The house dates to the late 15th century, originating as an open-hall, likely rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th century. The rebuilding incorporated existing timbers and added a stack and floor to the open hall. A solar range at the west end is from the 16th century and predates the rebuilding. A service bay at the east end of the hall was probably removed in the 17th century. It is timber framed, with plaster rendering and a tiled roof, hipped at the west end. The building is arranged as a single range. The hall range is composed of two bays that are wider than the three bays of the solar range. The hall range is two storeys high with three modern casements at the first floor and two at the ground floor. Similar windows are located on the front wall. The rear wall features a four-light diamond mullion window at the first floor and a later window, now blocked, to the east. The solar end is also two storeys high with three modern casements to both first and ground floors. A 16th-century doorway with a four-centred arch leads to a cross-passage with an opposing rear doorway, which remains intact but is now obscured by an inserted staircase. The rebuilt hall retains a fine 15th-century roof, reused in the later building. It has side purlins with moulded arch bracing to the collars and paired wind braces. The principal truss is also moulded, though part of the moulding is covered by brickwork from the chimney stack. Vacant mortices and disturbed timbers are evidence of the 16th-17th century rebuilding. There is an inglenook hearth with a brick lintel featuring broad stop-chamfered stops. The solar wing has a crown-post roof with unmoulded posts and two-way bracing. The chamber over the parlour has a raised tie beam truss, and the main posts of this truss have carved brackets, supporting the secondary beams of the ceiling frame.