The Croft

House. Dating from the 16th century or potentially earlier, this hall house features an east crosswing inserted and altered in the early 17th century. A large western wing was added in the late 19th century, replacing an older jettied and gabled service wing. The building is timber-framed with roughcast rendering, except for the western part which is brick, all under steep, old red tile roofs. It is a one-and-a-half-storey hall range with a two-storey parlour crosswing to the east and a large two-storey wing to the west. The north-facing elevation contains the entrance, now located at the west. The east crosswing is jettied, featuring a first-floor casement window and an early 17th-century mullioned and transomed bay window below the jetty, with an added 18th-century bracketed cornice. An external projecting east-side brick chimney with two diagonal shafts (the upper part rebuilt) is also present, along with a one-bay 19th-century gabled rear extension. The lower hall range has a large overhanging dormer with a three-light leaded casement and a rectangular bay window below. A square, 17th-century gabled former stair-turret overlaps the rear of the east wing. There are two windows to the gabled west wing, rebuilt beyond the central chimney at the western end of the hall. Internally, the hall features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and 17th-century floor joists with an early 18th-century bracketed moulded cornice on three sides. The two-bay east crosswing has heavy flat-laid joists and may have originally been jettied to the rear. The upper floor of the east wing exhibits curved tension braces, while the roof has clasped-purlins with wind-braces. An unusual balustrade is found on the upper landing in the western part of the house.