Danegelts

Danegelts is a house located in Geldeston, dating from the 16th century and later, with significant alterations. The building features a timber frame that is rendered and colourwashed, topped with a steeply-pitched pantile roof. To the west, there is a later two-storey extension made of partly colourwashed red brick with a shallow-pitched roof, standing at one and a half storeys. Originally a hall-house, it has a chimney stack introduced into the cross-passage to create a lobby entrance. The windows are mostly from the 20th century, including two three-light casements with some leaded glazing. The front elevation has three widely-spaced windows and three gabled attic dormers. There is a large red brick axial stack located off-centre to the east, with an entrance door opposite. The west gable of the later range is parapeted, and there are later extensions on the south side, including two 20th-century dormers on the main roof's south slope. Inside, there is an inserted floor over the hall to the west of the stack, supported by a tie beam with ogee chamfer stops. The roof structure from the 17th century features butt-purlins on jowled principal posts, with diagonal braces to the studwork that are likely later additions.