Meads Farm Cottages

Meads Farm Cottages is a building from the early 15th century that has been altered in the 19th century and is now divided into two cottages. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The structure features a two-bay hall oriented approximately east-west, with a south-facing aspect, an integral storeyed service bay to the east, and a two-bay parlour or solar crosswing to the west. There is a 16th-century external chimney stack on the rear wall of the hall and 19th-century external chimney stacks on the east walls. A 20th-century single-storey extension has been added to the rear, featuring a corrugated asbestos roof. The building stands two storeys high and includes two half-glazed doors and three double-hung sash windows with six lights, all from the late 19th century, along with one small 20th-century casement window. On the first floor, there is one 20th-century metal casement window on the crosswing and three additional windows in gabled dormers. The roof of the crosswing is hipped, and the top of the 16th-century chimney stack has been rebuilt in the 20th century.

Inside, some of the framing is exposed, and the original main frame is nearly complete. The eastern bay retains its original lodged floor with a blocked stair trap, while the hall features an early 17th-century inserted floor with axial beams that are stop-chamfered with lamb's tongue stops and plain deep joists. The central truss includes deep braces to the cambered tiebeam and a heavy crownpost that is chamfered and stopped with four-way braces, which are complete. The eastern end of the building is constructed with interrupted tiebeams. The roof of the eastern bay has been rebuilt in softwood, but otherwise, the crownpost roofs are nearly intact. Some rebuilding has also occurred on the main rear hearth.