Spooners

House, dating from the 14th century, with alterations in the 16th and 20th centuries. The house is timber-framed and was originally plastered, now with exposed imitation timber framing and brick nogging at the front, covered by a roof of handmade red plain tiles. It comprises a two-bay hall facing northwest, with an original storeyed service bay to the left and an original storeyed parlour/solar bay to the right. A late 16th-century stack is located at the rear of the right bay of the hall, and an 18th-century stack is in the rear of the service bay. There is an original or 15th-century wing to the rear of the service bay, with a 20th-century single-storey extension beyond. A 17th-century two-bay wing extends to the rear of the hall, with a 20th-century wing to its right.

The house has two storeys with attics. The ground floor has seven 20th-century casements, and the first floor has four sashes with 4+8 lights. A 20th-century door features imitation medieval tracery. The lower storey shows 20th-century brick nogging and mainly 20th-century imitation studding, incorporating numerous applied 20th-century carved features in various historical styles. The upper storey displays original and replaced studding with wide external braces, along with a 20th-century metal plaque dated 1467. The roof is steeply pitched. Jowled posts are present.

Inside, the two end bays have plain joists of horizontal section. An original doorway connects the hall to the parlour, featuring a chamfered ogee doorhead. Some original studding remains at the service end of the hall, where the doorheads and infill have been removed. An imitation 4-centred doorhead is at the rear of the hall, marking the original rear doorway's location. A late 16th-century inserted floor in the hall includes a chamfered transverse beam with lamb's tongue stops and chamfered joists of vertical section, some of which have been replaced. There is a wide brick wood-burning hearth, re-pointed and repaired in the 20th century, along with another inserted hearth on the right side. On the first floor of the hall, original display bracing is visible, along with diamond mortices indicating a former hall window in the rear wallplate, now blocked by the 16th-century stack. A cambered central tiebeam is also present, without its braces. A wood-burning hearth is also found on this floor. Grooves for sliding shutters are located in the rear wallplate in both end bays. The 17th-century ceiling features chamfered beams with lamb’s tongue stops and plain joists of vertical section, along with original floorboards. The original roof remains largely intact and heavily smoke-blackened, with a plain square central crownpost reinforced with steel and wine axial braces. Above the solar, one of two axial braces survives. Above the service bay, one of two down-braces is present, with missing studs between this bay and the hall. Original combed daub is found at the left end of the hall. The left rear wing has plain horizontal joists joined with unrefined soffit tenons. A rear wing exhibits an unglazed window with one original diamond mullion and two 20th-century replacements. A single 18th-century wrought iron casement is located on the first floor to the left. Another rear wing contains a wide wood-burning hearth, re-pointed and repaired, and a chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops and plain vertical joists, damaged by sandblasting.