The Bungalow

The Bungalow is a small hall house dating from the early 14th century, with alterations made in the 19th century and an extension added in the 20th century. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a roof covered in 20th-century 'Roman' tiles. The building consists of three bays aligned northeast-southwest, featuring a two-bay open hall with the high end facing northeast and a service end, which may also include a solar, at the southwest. An external chimney stack was added to the northeast end in the 19th century. There is a single-storey extension at the rear of the northeast end, also from the 20th century, which includes two 20th-century casement windows and a 20th-century glazed door situated between them. The roof is half-hipped at both ends, and there is a lean-to garage on the northeast side.

Internally, the ground floor walls are fully plastered, with the only visible evidence of the original structure being one arched brace attached to the central tiebeam of the hall; the other brace is boxed in. In the unlit attic, the upper part of the hall and the original roof remain largely intact, though heavily smoke-blackened. The southeast wallplate features a splayed and undersquinted scarf measuring 91 cm long (3 feet as built) and includes diamond mortices and a rebate for a large unglazed window near the northeast end. The northwest wallplate has been replaced without disturbing the rafters. The northeast tiebeam contains diamond mortices and a rebate for an unglazed window with four diamond mullions and a central rectangular mullion. The central tiebeam is cambered, and the tiebeam between the hall and service end has been removed and replaced with an iron strap. The roof is constructed with collar rafters, and in the southwest bay of the hall, there is evidence of a former timber-framed chimney or smoke hood, which appears to have been the only source of heating until the 19th-century chimney was built. The pegs connecting the collars to the rafters are of nailhead design, facing the high end. Significant evidence of the original structure is concealed within the plaster of the walls, which may warrant further investigation if it is found to be complete.