The Brambles

The Brambles is a mid-17th century house located in Langham Stock Hill. It is timber-framed and rendered, with applied mock timbering and a thatched roof featuring a decorated ridge. The house is one-and-a-half storeys high and includes an internal chimney stack with a plain shaft of old red bricks, as well as a lobby entrance. There are three eyebrow dormers with 20th-century 2-light casement windows, and four similar windows to the ground floor, all with diamond leaded panes. A 20th-century plank door is sheltered by an open brick and timber porch. Modern additions have been made to the rear of the building. The frame comprises seven bays, the leftmost being an addition with a single-storey lean-to beyond. The remaining six bays are of a single date, exhibiting widely-spaced studding without a middle rail. The main beams have a small chamfer and raised, curved stops with a groove, and the same stops are also present at the tops of the main posts. Thin joists are set on edge, and there's one open fireplace with a plain lintel. The three bays to the left of the stack form one large room and have some apparently later studding. A blocked stair trap is visible in one corner. On the upper floor, intermediate posts do not carry tie-beams. The roof structure is mostly concealed. The property was once named ‘Nautilus’ and appears on historical maps as such.