The Hoods

TL 7031-7131 5/172 21.12.67

WETHERSFIELD HIGH STREET (north side) The Hoods

GV II

House. Early C16, extended in late C17. Timber framed, mainly plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3-bay range aligned NE-SW, early C16, with axial stack at SW end. 3-bay parallel range to SE with rear stack in left bay, late C17. Small single-storey extension with slate roof to left, and single-storey extension to rear. 2 storeys. SE elevation (to High Street), 2-window range of C20 sashes of 4 lights. C20 door in late C16 style. The original (rear) range has jowled posts, some studding exposed internally, plain joists of horizontal section with a blocked stair trap in the right bay, chamfered transverse and axial beams and chamfered joists of horizontal section, all with lamb's tongue stops, in the remainder. In the upper rear wall there is a blocked unglazed window with diamond mortices. The roof is of crownpost construction with axial braces, ceiled below collar-purlin level. On the first floor there is an early C17 (or earlier) ledged door. The front block has 2 chamfered transverse beams with lamb's tongue stops.

Listing NGR: TL7121431302