Reynolds

LAMARSH HENNY ROAD TL 83 NE (west side) 2/65 Reynolds GV II House. C15, altered in C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered with some exposed framing, roof thatched. 2-bay hall aligned E-W with late C16 chimney stack in E bay against N wall, and storeyed service bay to E, with C19 external chimney stack at end. Parlour/solar bay to W rebuilt in C18, with internal chimney stack at end. One storey with attics. S (garden) elevation, 5 C20 casements, 3 more in eyebrow dormers, plain boarded door with shingled canopy. N elevation, 3 C20 casements, one more in eyebrow dormer, plain boarded door, some exposed framing at E end. The interior has jowled posts, heavy studding, original wattle and daub mainly present. Lodged floor of the E bay is of heavy longitudinal joists, raised approx. 0.30 metre to compensate for sinking of the end wall. Inserted floor in hall has axial beam and joists of square section, all chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, on pegged clamps, c.1600. Unglazed window in upper E wall complete with 3 diamond mullions, blocked by chimney. The roof of this bay was originally hipped, now rebuilt as a gable. Collar- rafter roof above hall, heavily smoke-blackened, and retaining in its N pitch several square metres of original thatch 'torched' with clay daub, itself heavily smoke-blackened and therefore original, a very rare survival worthy of careful preservation. Roof of W bay rebuilt with ridge. The original parlour doorway with mortice for draught screen is blocked. RCHM 7.

Listing NGR: TL8907235659