Cromwell House

Cromwell House is a house dating from the early to mid 16th century. It has two storeys and a three-cell cross-entry plan. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with the framing fully exposed along the front wall. The parlour cell on the left features exceptionally close heavy studwork, while the slightly later section on the right showcases the high-quality craftsmanship typical of the mid 16th century in the area. There is a blocked four-centred arched cross-passage doorway and a diamond-mullioned chamber window. The house has a thatched roof with an axial chimney, which was rebuilt in mid 20th century red brick. It also features mid 20th century casement windows with three and four lights, and a 20th century gabled porch with a boarded door located at the lobby entrance. The parlour block on the left has heavy unchamfered floor joists and extensive tension bracing, with blocked diamond mullioned windows, one of which has roll-and-cavetto mullions. There are 17th century back-to-back lintelled open fireplaces. Inside the hall, heavy chamfered floor joists can be found. The later roof includes windbraced clasped purlins, and the central truss over the hall has a heavy arch braced collarbeam instead of a tiebeam.