Northys

Northys is a house that dates from the early 16th century or earlier, with alterations made around 1600 and in the 20th century. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The building has four bays facing approximately northeast, which include a two-bay hall with a stack in the right bay against the rear wall, a parlour/solar bay to the left, and a service bay to the right. There is a small 20th-century extension at the front with a catslide roof. The house is one storey with attics.

On the northeast elevation, there are three 20th-century casements and a 20th-century door. The southwest elevation features five 20th-century casements and an additional one in a gabled dormer. The original sprockets are visible below the eaves at both the front and back of the building. The structure includes jowled posts and heavy studding, with a doorway on the northeast side (now within the extension) that has a three-centred arched head.

The southeast (parlour/solar) bay was originally storeyed, featuring lodged joists that are slightly raised at the end and plastered to the soffits. The current staircase is likely located in the original stair trap. The originally storeyed service bay has a chamfered axial beam, joists plastered to the soffits, and rebated floorboards from around 1600. The hall contains a cambered central tiebeam with chamfered arched braces, and at the high end, there is curved display bracing trenched into heavy studs. The original doorway into the parlour has a plain straight head and a severed draught screen, with diamond mortices and rebates for unglazed windows.

The stack consists of a timber-framed chimney with a mantel beam that is jointed and pegged into a post at the side, lined with bricks from around 1600. The timber structure does not extend above the tiebeam level. The inserted floor features a chamfered axial beam with plain joists of horizontal section supported on pegged clamps, along with rebated boards from around 1600. Edge-halved and bridled scarfs are present in the wallplates. The roof is of collar-rafter construction and is smoke-blackened only in the hall. The tiebeam between the hall and service bay has been removed. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments reported that a northern wing was added around 1700, but it is now gone.