Timber Hall

House. The origins of this timber-framed house date to the early 16th century, with substantial rebuilding and extensions in the 17th century, and a further extension at the west end in the mid-20th century. The construction is timber frame, with plastering on a brick sill, and has old red tile roofs, now hipped. It is a two-storey, irregular-shaped house facing south, with a six-window front. A 20th-century panelled door is centrally positioned, and the windows are renewed triple casement windows. The oldest part of the house is an easterly two-storey, two-bay wing featuring heavy curved moulded braces to a cambered tie-beam on the upper floor, and mortices for similar braces to a cross-beam on the ground floor. The roof was likely originally a crown-post roof, and was reconstructed in the late 17th century. A long wing to the southwest of this has a regular pattern of beams on both floors, with remnants of a Queen-strut clasped-purlin roof in the roof space. A taller, late 17th-century parlour wing projects to the south, forming an angle between the other two wings. At the western end is a taller, 20th-century block, which contains internal doors and doorcases on both floors, featuring fine quality, bolection-moulded oakwork, possibly dating from around 1700, and originating from elsewhere.