Cromps

Cromps is a farmhouse dating from around 1300 and the late 16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with peg tile roofs, and has two storeys. The building features a formerly jettied crosswing on the west side and a larger parallel gabled range from the 16th century to the east, connected by a short linking block. There is a 17th-century stack with three connected diagonal shafts projecting from the building, and a similar stack with two shafts on the east side. The windows are 20th-century metal casements with small panes. The old crosswing has very thick arch braces on both the ground and first floors, central tennoned floor joists, a cambered tie beam, and a short stop-chamfered crown post with four-way bracing. The late 16th-century block features chamfered spine beams and a side purlin, with a wind-braced roof that reuses soot-blackened rafters from an earlier hall. The main stack includes a brick pointed arched inglenook. The farmhouse is situated on a moated site.