Acremore

Acremore is a house dating from the 16th century, with a chimneystack and floor over the hall added in the 17th century, and a small single-storey extension at the rear from the 19th century. It is a tall, timber-framed building with two full storeys beneath a half-hipped thatched roof, facing east. The upper storey features exposed timbers with plaster in between, while the lower part is covered with weatherboarding down to a low red brick plinth. The gable ends are also weatherboarded, and the rear wall is plastered on the first floor with weatherboarding below. There is a red brick rear wing topped with a gabled red pantiled roof. A slender square red brick chimney shaft is set diagonally with recessed corners, located one third of the way from the south end.

The house is a three-unit lobby entrance design, with a staircase rising in the lobby against the chimney. The axial chamfered beams at varying heights suggest that the middle room was once open to the roof. Bay posts visible from the outside indicate that the chimney is in one narrow bay, with a bay on the left for the parlour and two bays on the right for the hall and the service room beyond. There is a small three-light diamond mullioned window on the first floor in the chimney bay facing east and west, along with small paned wooden casement windows. The hall and parlour each have fireplaces, including a four-centred, arched, chamfered brick fireplace in the parlour, and a loft with an external gable door created in the roof space over the bedroom in this bay. An arched brace supports the northern tie beam in the bedroom. The hall features an elaborate bar-and-lozenge stop on the axial chamfered beam, with the fireplace partly blocked and a late 18th-century corner cupboard in the northwest with shaped shelves and panelled doors. The northern service room appears to be undivided. The present axial beam, which carries exposed joists, has been inserted. The staircase is possibly located in the northeast corner. The house has swept-jowled posts and a side purlin roof, with the bedrooms ceiled under collars, along with 19th-century corner cupboards and a landing balustrade. Acremore is a little-altered example of a 16th-century house.