Glovers

Glovers is a 15th-century timber-frame house of four bays and two storeys with an attic, rendered on the exterior and originally covered with a tile roof. Later, 19th or 20th-century extensions were added to the east, featuring exposed timber framing under catslide and projecting gable roofs. A truncated ridge stack and an additional chimney are present. All windows, door frames, and openings are 20th-century replacements.

The interior reveals a largely intact 15th-century timber frame, fully exposed. This framing consists of square section timbers of substantial size, with close studding, arched tension braces, chamfered bridging beams with stops and jowled wall posts. The joints for jetties on the east and north elevations are clearly visible, including two sections of jetty framing supported by a dragon beam in the northernmost bay. On the first floor, two diamond section mullion window frames are visible in the east wall frame, and two doorways have been blocked between the bays. The southern gable end framing dates to the 18th century. The roof structure includes 15th-century tie beams and 17th-century collar rafter trusses. A datestone inscribed 'IEW 1699' is set into the first-floor chimney, referencing James Witten, who acquired the house around that time and likely undertook other structural improvements in the 17th century. Most fixtures and fittings are from the 19th and 20th centuries, but a single timber battened door, likely dating to the 17th or 18th century, remains in use on the ground floor. The 19th and 20th-century extensions have no historic interest.

Glovers Cottage is a substantially intact 15th-century timber-framed building with 17th and later alterations. The presence of underbuilt jetties indicates that the building had considerable status when it was constructed. It represents a high-quality example of medieval vernacular construction, largely surviving in its original condition.