Suffyldes And House And Stable Adjacent On West 40 Metres From Road

Suffyldes is a house and stable located 40 metres from the road on the south side of Ford Hill in Little Hadham. The building dates from the 16th century and later, as indicated on the Clintons Estate map of 1588. It is a long, one and a half storey structure that is timber-framed and weatherboarded, facing south with a steep thatched roof that is half-hipped at the east end.

The western part of the building, which dates from the 18th or 19th century, is two storeys tall, timber-framed, plastered, and has a shingle roof. Adjoining the western end is a stable made of clay lump with a steep corrugated iron roof. The older part of the house features a lobby entry and a three-unit plan, with a central chimney located one-third of the way from the west end. The inner room at the east has been rebuilt at a higher level, creating a step in the plinth on the north side. The structure includes straight braces to the chamfered beams, small dormers on the south wall plate, and a double dormer above the hall chamber.

The northern side features a modern entrance door next to the east corner, along with modern lattice leaded casements and plank doors. The later western section has an internal gable chimney, a three-light 19th-century casement window on the upper floor, a two-light Yorkshire casement on the ground floor, and a four-panel flush beaded door beneath a flat hood supported by shaped brackets. There is also a weatherboarded, pantiled, single-storey, gabled rear extension from the 19th century. The stable has dimensions of 20 inches by 8 inches and includes a hay loft above. It is likely that the western part of the building was originally a separate property.