Old Timbers

Old Timbers is a house located in Dovercourt, dating from the early 19th century and possibly earlier. It features a timber-framed structure with a red Flemish-bond brick front and a gabled clay pantile roof. The building has two storeys with attics and a continuous catslide roof at the rear over a single-storey extension.

The front of the house includes a rendered parapet and a range of three flush double-hung sash windows with small panes, each having slightly arched brick heads. The central window on the first floor is slightly narrower than the others. There is a central doorcase with a pediment, flanked by panelled Tuscan pilasters, and a frieze that features fluting and paterae. The entrance consists of a recessed six-panel door with raised-and-fielded panels.

On the northeast end, there is a single-storey rendered extension with a hipped roof and a tall gable end ridgeline stack. The rear has a smaller stack through the roof slope and two flat-roofed dormers. The southwest end displays brickwork on the ground floor, while the upper part shows exposed imitation framing. Inside, the building reveals a two-bay elm timber frame, likely from the 18th century, with stop-chamfered spine beams cradled between the studs.