4, 5/6 AND 7, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)

This property comprises three houses, formed from a house originally dating back to the 16th century or earlier. A western bay was added in the 17th century, an eastern crosswing in the late 17th or 18th century, and a northeastern extension in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed with a red brick sill and red brick infill, with rebuilding to the ground floor of the crosswing. It has steep roofs covered in old red tiles.

The original hall range was initially three bays wide, with a two-storey extension to the west and a cellar. The eastern crosswing projects prominently, and was altered in the 18th century with the insertion of a central chimney and a hip roof replacing the original front gable. The south-facing front of the hall range has irregular windows including three two-light casements on each floor and two plank doors sheltered by tiled hoods with brick steps. The crosswing's south front has two two-light windows on the first floor, and a three-light and a two-light window framing a gabled porch with rustic detailing and battened entrance doors, which lead up three steps. The rear of the crosswing is now a separate house (No. 7), with access via a single-storey northeastern extension.

The hall range’s roof features clasped purlins and curved wind braces. Within the hall bay, collar and cambered tie-beams are visible, supported by wide-spaced studs. The former western end wall displays unusually wide, cranked tension braces. The 17th-century western bay extension has curved jowl posts, straight braces to the wall plate, a clasped-purlin roof, and a gabled rear dormer.