Rumbolds

Rumbolds is a Grade II* listed house that dates back to the early 16th century. It is an open hall house that underwent alterations in the 17th century and was restored in the 1950s. The structure features a timber frame set on a brick sill, with roughcast and weatherboarding on the lower part of the west gable. It has a steep thatched roof that is half-hipped at the west end, with eaves that step down from the east to the west at the rear.

The house is one and a half storeys tall and has a T-shaped plan, facing north with a projecting two-storey jettied crosswing on the east side. It presents a dramatically picturesque view from the lane to the west. A large central chimney has two diagonal shafts and a third shaft at the west end, with a lobby entrance. The east wing contains two rooms accessed by twin doors from a screens passage; one room features a four-centred head and there is a stair at the rear.

A late 17th-century west bay, which is two storeys high, was added and includes a chimney that also serves the hall. The hall has an inserted floor supported by a moulded axial beam. A bread oven from the 18th century was added to the north end room, likely the kitchen. The north front displays three brackets supporting the jetty of the east wing and two dormers at the eaves flanking the entrance door. To the left of the door is a three-light flush casement window, while the rear (south) has three small flush casement windows with small panes and a door opposite the chimney. The hall fireplace features splayed rear corners, and the east wing has reversed curved bracing. The roof is a crown-post design with struts supporting the collar purlin. Rumbolds is an impressive and picturesque example of late medieval architecture.