Brick House

Brick House is a long-jetty house dating from the mid to late 16th century, with alterations made in the late 16th century and the 20th century. It is timber framed with exposed frame and brick nogging, and is roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The main range has two bays and is aligned northeast to southwest, featuring two crosswings and a continuous jetty on the southeast elevation. There is an original rear chimney stack located to the southwest of the middle, along with a late 16th-century brick stair tower and garderobe to its southwest. A rear wing extends from the northeast end, also with a garderobe in the west angle, dating from the late 16th century. A single-storey extension from the 19th century is located to the northwest of this wing and is roofed with red clay pantiles.

The southeast elevation has a 20th-century door, two bays, and two casements, all from the 20th century. There are five small restored late 16th-century two-light windows. On the first floor, there are three 20th-century casement windows and one small restored two-light window from the late 16th century. The bressumer features running vine carving that is much weathered, and there are five exposed brackets below the jetty, some of which have been restored. The roof is hipped and has three octagonal shafts on the main stack, which also has a recessed datestone on the rear inscribed with the year 1571 in modern numerals.

Inside, the layout follows a typical medieval plan, with the modern front door in its original position. There are twin doorways into the northeast bay, one with an original Tudor doorhead and the other a reproduction. The doorway into the southwest parlour retains its original Tudor head. Close studding is partly exposed throughout. The ground floor features joists of horizontal section, plain-chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, and the beams are also plain-chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. The ground floor hearth has been much restored. On the first floor, more close-studding is exposed, along with cranked bracing and original ceilings. Some of the small two-light windows have original moulded mullions, while the northeast garderobe has two diamond mullions. The first floor hearth has a depressed brick arch with hollow-moulded jambs and original plaster. The roof structure is of clasped purlin construction with curved wind bracing.