Springvale

Springvale is probably a 15th-century house, extended between the 17th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of brick and timber framing, with rendered elevations and hipped plain tile roofs. The building has a complex plan, originally a 2-bay open hall with a 3-bay crosswing. The hall range was later extended to the west, and the crosswing extended north and south. A further western north-south wing and rear outshuts were added. The front facade is arranged in three bays, with two horned sashes of six panes to the ground floor, and a six-panel door above a recessed and moulded doorcase with reeded architrave and a flat, shallow canopy. Two first-floor sashes with glazing bars are present, with a blank recessed window to the right; all have shaped pelmets. The crosswing features a canted ground floor bay window and a first-floor sash with glazing bars, also with pelmets. The right-hand return displays scattered fenestration, including sashes with glazing bars and casements, while the left-hand return has a two-storey canted bay and one first-floor sash with glazing bars. A 18th-century leaded casement is found in a rear outshut. 19th-century brick stacks are located between the hall and crosswing, axially on the left-hand range, and externally to the rear. Internally, there is an inserted 16th-century brick stack incorporating two stretchers laid together to resemble a single brick approximately 20 inches long. A staircase is situated behind this stack. Chamfered bridging beams are present. On the first floor, portions of the original timber framing of the rear and end walls of the hall are exposed, including the upper part of a hall mullion window with a shutter groove. The central tie beam of the hall has been removed. The roof was originally a crown post roof, but the posts and part of the collar purlin were removed, leaving bracing supporting it at the closed truss, and a largely intact set of smoke-blackened rafters within the 19th-century roof structure. The crosswing roof has been largely replaced but retains two tie beams with seating for crown posts, and possibly downward braces, along with some rafters and the absence of collars. A blocked first-floor window is located to the west of the hall.