Turners House

TL 7638 GREAT YELDHAM NORTH ROAD, East Side 7/11 Turners House GV II

Wrongly shown on OS map as Turners Cottage. House, C15, altered in C16, C19 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay hall aligned approx. N-S with integral parlour/solar bay to S, service bay missing. Aspect W. Late C16 chimney stack in rear wall of S bay of hall, C18/19 chimney stack at S end. Single-storey lean-to extension with internal chimney stack at N end, C20. Single-storey with attics. C20 door in tiled gabled porch, 2 C20 casement windows, one C17 wrought iron casement window, one late C16 fixed window with 2 ovolo mullions, all with diamond leading. One gabled dormer with 2 C17 wrought iron casements. The interior has jowled posts, exposed studding with display bracing at S end of hall, late C16 inserted floor, comprising chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops and plain joists of horizontal section. Deep arch braces to central tiebeam of hall, severed for doorway. Crownpost roof with one square crownpost with 4-way bracing, smoke blackened. Ground floor hearth partly rebuilt, first floor hearth with original depressed brick arch. RCHM 14.

Listing NGR: TL7606038544