The Croft And Attached Garden Wall

The Croft and attached garden wall is a house dating from the early and late 17th century and the early 19th century. It is timber-framed, with exposed framing on the front and rendered surfaces elsewhere. The roofs are covered with plaintiles, while the front features slated eaves and the 19th-century addition has slate roofing. The building has two storeys and attics, with a complex plan formed by two 17th-century ranges creating an L-shape, infilled by an early 19th-century block.

The front range, which runs north-south, is the oldest part and has a two-cell lobby entrance form. Inside, there is an internal chimney stack with a plain rectangular shaft that is corbelled at the head, and a later external stack on the south gable end. The house features a modillion cornice and two gabled dormers with two-light casement windows. There are five windows in total, all of which are two-light replacements from the 20th century. The central entrance has a six-panelled half-glazed door. Inside, the framing is plain, with some reused timbers, chamfered main beams, and joists set on edge. The chimney stack has been tunnelled through to create a passage leading to a wide dogleg stair in the 19th-century block, and the later end stack includes a reused carved lintel. The roof features clasped purlins.

The long east-west range, which serves as a service wing, is constructed with similar materials but has a brick ground floor. It includes 20th-century metal windows, a plank door with a triangular pediment, and two gabled dormers. Attached to the southeast corner of the house is a short section of high garden wall made of curving bands of rubble flint and old red brick.