The Croft

The Croft is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is timber framed, primarily covered with white brick in Flemish bond, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building features a 2-bay range with a long jetty facing south, and an internal stack at each end. To the left is an early 16th-century 2-bay crosswing, while to the right is a late 16th-century 2-bay crosswing. At the rear right, there is a large Victorian 2-storey extension made of yellow brick, which continues along the right side of the right crosswing. Additionally, there is a 20th-century single-storey lean-to extension with a slate roof on the rear left.

The house has two storeys. On the ground floor, there are four 20th-century sash windows and one 19th-century sash window with marginal lights. The first floor features three 20th-century sashes and one similar 19th-century sash, along with French windows. The date 1600 is inscribed in the plaster of the gablet above the right crossing, and there is an inscription 'C.R.P. 1840' in the plaster at the rear of the central range, which refers to the then owner, C.R. Pudney.

Inside, there are jowled posts throughout and plain joists of horizontal section where exposed. The middle range has a chamfered tiebeam with run-out stops and one straight brace exposed, with another concealed in a cupboard at the right end; the roof was rebuilt in the 17th century. The left crosswing features a crownpost roof with axial bracing, and a chamfered binding beam with step stops. The right crosswing has a clasped purlin roof with arched wind-bracing, and a chamfered binding beam with plain stops and empty mortices for a central partition. There is an early 19th-century stair with slender turned balusters, which is complete on the first floor but missing alternately on the ground floor. This house served as a parish poorhouse until the 1830s, after which the white brick facing was added.