Cherry Tree Cottage

BAYLHAM LOWER STREET TM 15 SW 3/44 Cherry Tree Cottage 9.12.55 - II House, formerly farmhouse known as Moat Farm. Early or mid C16 core, with alterations of C17 and later. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered. Roman pantiled roof, formerly thatched (hipped at left-hand end). C17 axial and gable chimneys of red brick; the gable chimney at the front central wing is part of a brick gable which returns for a short way along the flank walls. Some C18 or early C19 small-pane casements and some C20 casements. Hipped C20 plaintiled porch with boarded entrance aoor. To the left are two narrow cells of C16 framing, one of which is a 2-bay hall with a broach-stopped chamfered binding joist and plain common joists. A large chimney and 2 further cells were added to right in C17, with exposed on-edge joists; the single-cell extension at front is of similar date. A major fire in c.1970 destroyed the original roofs.

Listing NGR: TM1091652443