Tudor House

This is a late 16th-century Tudor house situated on the Cressing Braintree Road. It is a timber-framed building, now with roughcast rendering, and has a roof of handmade red plain tiles. The house is aligned north-east to south-west, with a jettied upper storey projecting on the south-west side. It originally comprised three bays, with a one-window range of 20th-century casement windows on the front. There are two plain brackets supporting the jetty. A 20th-century door is located in the right-hand return.

The house features jowled posts, and the framing displays edge-halved and bridled scarfs in the wallplates. Inside, the middle bay has a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, while the binding beams are similarly treated. The front bay's joists are chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, contrasting with the plain joists in the rear bay, all being of a horizontal section. The posts and tiebeams are also chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. The roof is a clasped purlin roof with arched wind-bracing. The building was originally the crosswing of a larger hall house, which extended either north-east or south-west, with the remainder of the hall house having been demolished.