Tudor House

WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD WETHERUP STREET TM 16 SW 5/140 Tudor House -

-- II Former farmhouse. C16, in 3 phases. Timber framed and plastered, thatched roof. 3-cell form. 2 storeys. Various small casement windows of C19 and C20. One glazed-over diamond-mullioned window to upper left, partly renewed. To right is a C20 pantiled lean-to entrance porch with side door. Stack has rendered shaft and 1980's red brick cap. Mid C20 one-storey rear additions. Interior. The frame is in 3 bays, each of a different date. Service end to left is the earliest, perhaps early C16, with very heavy plain joists and one blocked diamond-mullioned window on upper floor at rear. Hall has chamfered- joist ceiling and full-height studding with long curved braces; remains of cross-entry doorways and evidence for diamond-mullioned windows. The stack in this bay is a later insertion and was preceded by a timber flue. Intact open fireplace in hall. In the parlour cell, plain joists set flat, complete first floor framing with arched corner bracing and 2 blocked windows with heavy diamond mullions. Wind-braced side purlin roof over service end, the remainder of the roof timbers concealed.

Listing NGR: TM1443064254