The Old House

The Old House is a house dating from the early 16th century, featuring two storeys and an attic in part. It has a three-cell plan with a cross entry. The structure is timber-framed, with render on the upper floor and a 19th-century colourwashed brick facing on the ground floor, along with a brick extension at the north end from the same period. The roof is covered with clay pantiles, and there is an internal chimney stack with a plain red brick shaft.

On the ground floor, there are cast iron 19th-century two-light and three-light small-paned casement windows set in deep reveals. Next to the entrance doorway, there is a small original window with ogee-moulded mullions. The entrance features a 20th-century plank door within the original surround, which has shallow arched spandrels above it.

Inside, the framing is exposed, showcasing good close studding and reversed braces at the corners, with no middle rail. The interior consists of five bays, including a narrow chimney bay. To the south of the cross-entry, the partition wall has housings for arched spandrels for two doorways, one of which is now blocked. However, within the service area, there is no evidence of a partition, and the ceiling appears to have been renewed, as has the ceiling at the north end.

In the two-bay middle room, the main beams and joists feature a wide chamfer and stepped stops. The doorways with arched spandrels have been removed, and there are open fireplaces with plain timber lintels on either side of the stack on the ground floor, as well as an upper fireplace at the north end. The rear wall at the south end has a four-light diamond-mullioned window with the mullions still in place, along with remnants of several more. The roof structure consists of five bays, with the main components numbered, including diminished principals, clasped side purlins, and arched windbraces.