Pear Tree

Pear Tree is a 17th-century cottage located on the north side of Water Lane in Bures Hamlet. The building is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. It has two bays facing south and features an internal chimney stack against the rear wall. There is a single-storey flat-roofed extension at the back, which dates from the 20th century. The cottage is one storey high with attics and includes two 20th-century casement windows and a 20th-century door. Each gable end displays one exposed rafter couple and a high collar, along with the ends of the wallplates and clasped purlins. Inside, there is a large wood-burning hearth that has been reduced for a 20th-century grate. The right bay has joists of vertical section arranged longitudinally, while the left bay features an axial beam with joists of horizontal section supported on pegged clamps.