52, Hutton Village

This is a late 18th-century house, originally built as a pair but now combined into a single dwelling. It has undergone 20th-century alterations and additions. The house is timber-framed and plastered, with weatherboarded sides and a peg-tiled roof. A central brick stack is prominent.

The house has a rectangular plan with a rear out-shut. The front, or west, elevation has two windows, with a 20th-century projecting porch with a hipped peg-tiled roof and a plain door with oak boarding. The windows are of the late 18th century, with molded architraves and sash windows containing thin glazing bars, arranged in 4x4 panes; significant amounts of old glass remain. The plinth is weatherboarded, with blocked openings where the original doorways were located at the north and south ends. The rear, or east, elevation is mostly a 20th-century addition, raised over the original out-shut and extending further east. This addition reveals the original shape of the house at its southern end. The rear has clay tiles (20th century) and rendered brick walls with weatherboarding above. A ground-floor glazed French window and a 2-light casement window are present, both with glazing bars, as well as a stable-style door with upper glazing and a 3-light casement window. First-floor casement windows match those on the front. The north elevation is weatherboarded and blank, with 18th-century front and 20th-century rear gable ends. The south elevation shows a catslide over the out-shut, with old wall plates visible; 20th-century work is set back. A single 20th-century casement window is on the first floor at the rear of the original house.

Inside, the house has been partly rebuilt, but original segment-headed fireplaces with supporting iron bands survive, along with two winding staircases at the rear of the stack. One stair remains with its original thin door featuring two slightly fielded panels. Some timber framing is exposed, incorporating primary bracing with carpenters’ marks and reused members. No. 52 forms a group with other buildings in Hutton Village.