The Pink House

The Pink House is an early 16th-century house, originally with a shop and later divided into two dwellings. It was altered in the 19th century. The house is timber-framed and has been plastered, with a thatched roof. It originally comprised a two-bay open hall without a cross passage, with storeyed end bays. The jettied upper gable end facing the road originally had an entrance to the left and two arched shop windows to the right, these having been replaced by a three-light glazing bar casement; large curved brackets are present to alternate joists, some having been removed. The first floor has a three-light casement. The left return originally had no entrance, but a later lobby entrance was added to the right of centre, along with two and three-light glazing bar casements. Two restored three-light diamond mullioned windows are on the first floor. A ridge stack is located in the upper bay of the hall. The right return includes a 19th-century lean-to and a brick oven outshut towards the front, both with pantiled roofs. The original entrance at the lower end of the hall has been blocked, with a door leading into a service bay. There are three-light casements and restored three and four-light diamond mullioned windows. A three-light box dormer is also present. The rear elevation features a three-light casement and a truncated hip roof.

Inside, the house retains close studding, two service door heads, stop-chamfered axial binding beams and a fireplace bressumer in the hall, as well as a domical brick oven. The former shop retains an original segmental pointed arched door head to the front, with jointed spandrel pieces and pegs indicating the presence of two arched window heads. A 17th-century bar stop-chamfered cross axial binding beam sits on jowled storey posts. A newel stair is located in front of the stack. The solar has been rebuilt, featuring reverse curved arched braces and studding of a smaller scale. Original open truss posts have rebated sections, with a reused raised tie beam supported on cruck-like pieces. Reverse curved arched braces are found in the lower closed truss, incorporating a square crown post, while arched braces are present in the walling at the lower end. Collars clasp purlins in the 17th-century roof.