Valley House

RAYDON

TM 03 NW 3/19

B1070 (east side)

Valley House

II

Valley Lodge on O.S. map. House. C16 with C17 flooring over and insertion of stack. Remodelled 1911. Later C20 alterations include post-war re-roofing to part. Timber-framed, rendered. Additions in painted brick. Plain tile roof. Red brick stacks. L-plan, original open hall probably converted to lobby-entry C17 with cross wing to left. Gabled cross wing to right of 1911. Present door to left main range, 6-panel door under gabled porch. Features of 1911 include 2-storey gabled bay with cross casements, small 3-light window against stack and cross casement to right, the latter two windows under hoodmoulds. C19 flush sashes with margin glazing to 1st floor. Original cross wing has French windows under hood on consoles, flush sash to 1st floor and bargeboards to gable. Interior: sections of frame visible. Red brick inglenook with tongue-stopped bressummer. Chamfered beams and exposed joists. Room to 1st floor chamfered beam with tongue stop. Main range roof shows smoke-blackened rafters of original roof incorporated into clasped purlin roof which survives beneath post-war roof. Photographs in possession of owner show house before and after remodelling of 1911.

Listing NGR: TM0482639045