The Old Hyde

TL 73 NE LITTLE YELDHAM LITTLE YELDHAM ROAD North Side 4/15 The Old Hyde II

Wrongly shown on OS map as The Hyde Farm. House, c.1600, altered in C18. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with slate and handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned NE-SW, aspect SE, with central chimney stack. 2 rear wings, original and C18, forming a rectangular plan. 2 storeys with attics. Central 4-panel door, the upper panels glazed, in simple C18 surround with C20 tiled gabled porch, 2-window range of C20 double-hung sashes. The front wall has been raised approx. 1 metre in the C18 or early C19 and the front pitch of the roof slated; the remainder is tiled. This was done without increasing the accommodation, for the original roof structure remains in situ. The interior has chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops, joists of horizontal section, original rebated boards on both floors. Inserted ceiling in the NW wing. RCHM 5.

Listing NGR: TL7706739054