Rumbolds

TL 32 NW COTTERED SPRING LANE (east side) FLANDERS GREEN

3/11 Rumbolds (formerly listed under General) 22.2.67

• II*

House. Early C16 open hall house, altered in C17, restored in 1950s. Timber frame on brick sill, roughcast with weatherboarding to lower part of W gable and steep thatched roof,half-hipped at W,with eaves stepping down from E to W at rear. A one and a half storeys, T-plan house facing N with a projecting 2-storeys, jettied E crosswing. Dramatically picturesque aspect from lane to W. Large central chimney with 2 diagonal shafts a third from W end, with lobby entrance. E wing has 2 rooms entered by twin doors from screens passage, one with 4-centred head, and stair at rear. Late C17 W bay of 2 storeys added with chimney also serving hall. Floor in hall inserted on moulded axial beam. C18 bread oven added to N end room (probably kitchen). N front has 3 brackets to the jetty of the E wing, and 2 dormers at the eaves flanking the door. 3-light flush casement window to left of door. 3 small flush casement windows with small panes to rear (S), and door opposite the chimney. Hall fireplace has splayed rear corners. Reversed curved bracing in E wing. Crown-post roof with struts to collar purlin. An impressive and picturesque late medieval house. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3254628500