Patch Park

Patch Park is a late medieval hall house that has been altered in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building is oriented approximately east to west and features two 2-bay crosswings that are jettied to the south, with external chimney stacks on the east and west sides. The hall was completely rebuilt in the late 17th century, now standing two stories with attics. An additional crosswing was added to the east in the 18th or 19th century, and the north side of the hall block was extended in the 19th century, resulting in a catslide roof.

There is a single-storey ancillary building with a hipped roof located to the southeast, dating from the 20th century. On the south elevation, the jetties of both crosswings are plastered over, and the roof of the east crosswing is lower than that of the west. The south entrance features a plain boarded door in a tiled gabled porch, accompanied by three casement windows, all from the 20th century. The first floor has three additional windows and one in a tiled gabled dormer.

On the north elevation, the first-floor level is painted brickwork, with plaster above. There is a boarded door with a 4-centred head from the late 19th or early 20th century, also in a tiled gabled porch, along with three 20th-century casement windows and two more on the first floor. In the eastern wing, there is a blind arched recess. Some framing is exposed in the middle section, with deep-section exposed joists over the ground floor. The first floor features plain-chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops. The roof is a butt-purlin construction, with purlins joggled to accommodate the original dormer.

It is evident that the east crosswing served as the service end of a typical medieval house, and the current north and south doors reflect the line of the original cross-entry, although the original structure is no longer present. The front of the house was originally to the south, which is now the garden elevation, while the west crosswing was the original parlour or solar end. Most of the structure of the two crosswings is likely still intact beneath the plaster.