The Long House (1 And 2 Long House Yard)

This is a late 15th-century house, originally a single dwelling, now divided into two separate homes. It is located on the south-east side of High Street in Cley next the Sea. The house is rendered and colourwashed externally, with a pantile roof. It has four bays and is one-and-a-half storeys high. The plan includes a passage to the rear, between bays three and four, with internal gable end stacks, a central axial stack, and gable parapets. The ground floor windows are varied casements, with segmental heads over those in bays one and four. Bay two has a small, horizontal sliding sash and casement. Four flush sashes with 3 x 3 panes are found on the first floor. The left wall of the passage is constructed of a regular coursed flint and brick mosaic, while the right wall is rendered. A massive, moulded bridging beam spans the passage. The left gable is of coursed flint. The rear elevation features a variety of coursed flint with some brick and flint mosaic; the left-hand side is partly rendered. Fenestration is varied, with a segmental brick arch leading to the passage. A two-storey, three-bay wing to the rear is of coursed flint with brick dressings, and includes an internal bread oven. A late 18th-century two-storey extension in red brick adjoins the rear of the fourth bay and has flush sashes with glazing bars. The interior is divided into dwellings located to the left and right of the passageway, with entrances from the rear. A fragment of a painted wall, dating from around 1500, depicting a unicorn and a mirror, was found against the rear east gable wall. This painting is now enclosed within a brick wall; it was documented by Edwin Rose and Graham Pooley in the Norfolk Archaeological Journal in 1978.