Number 1 (Springwaters ) And Number 2 (Tithings)

A house, dating from around 1500, has been altered and extended over several centuries and is now divided into two cottages, numbered 1 (Springwaters) and 2 (Tithings). The building is timber-framed and has plastered walls, with a roof covered in handmade red plain tiles and some slate.

The original structure was a two-bay hall facing east, with a large stack from the late 16th century built into the right-hand bay against the front wall. A parlour or solar bay is located to the left, and a three-bay single-storey wing was added to the rear of this bay during the 17th century. This wing was subsequently raised to two storeys with a flat roof in the 20th century, followed by a further flat-roofed single-storey extension. A one-bay extension from the 17th century was added to the right, replacing a former service bay, with an 18th-century bay beyond which has an internal stack at its end. Further single-storey rear extensions were added in the 20th century. The original house is divided by the stack, with Number 1 occupying the left side and Number 2 the right.

Number 1 has a two-window range of 20th-century casement windows and a 20th-century door within a lean-to porch. The front pitch of its roof has been raised. Number 2 also has a two-window range of 20th-century diamond-leaded casements, and a hipped porch with a similar window and a 20th-century door. The roof of this section has been rebuilt on an axis parallel to the original roof, but in front of it.

Number 1 exhibits jowled posts, heavy studding, diamond mortices, and a shutter groove for an unglazed window in the left return. This bay contains plain joists running longitudinally, and a blocked stair trap in the rear left corner. A mid-16th-century floor was inserted into the left bay of the original open hall, featuring a transverse beam chamfered on one side with step stops, and longitudinally-arranged chamfered joists also with step stops. The mantel beam is cranked on its upper surface, chamfered, and mitred as if it were part of a timber-framed chimney, which was later rebuilt in brick. The wide wood-burning hearth has a seat on the right side and has been extensively repaired using 20th-century brickwork. The rear rafters in this bay are blackened by smoke, indicating its earlier use as an open hall. The original roof structure was of crownpost form, but in Number 1, this is visible only at the trusses, with missing collar-purlin and braces. In Number 2, a short section of collar-purlin remains, along with a cambered tiebeam and a simple crownpost. The wood-burning hearth in Number 2 has a chamfered mantel beam with lamb's tongue stops, which appears to be of a slightly later date than that of Number 1. The left bay of Number 2 has 17th-century plain joists of vertical section, while many joists in the right bay have been reused.