The Little House

GISLINGHAM HIGH STREET (NORTH WEST TM 0771 SIDE)

6/39 The Little House 29..7-55 - II

House. Mid to late C15, stack and floor inserted in late C16, extended mid C17, aLtered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Thatched roof. Originally a small 2 bay open hall with storeyed solar, presumed service bay has disappeared, 1 bay 2 storey addition at right angles from lower end of hall to form a small L on plan. Now all 2 storeys. Main entrance in gable end at cross passage end of hall, a C20 entrance in a timber and glazed thatched gabled porch, 2-light leaded casements. Right return has similar casements and a C20 entrance with a half glazed door towards rear into solar bay. Ridge stack at upper end of hall has rebuilt capping. C17 bay to front left has lower ridge, gable end slightly extruded stack with offsets. Attached to rear from inner return of main range is a clay lump and pantiled early C19 outshut. Interior: 4-centred arched door heads for cross passage entrances with a mortice for screen, posts to open truss had semi octagonal shafts with capitals as corbels to arched braces, one remains with triple roll moulding over a bell cap, roll moulded necking, inserted floor has stop chamfered axial binding beam and joists, stack inserted in hall upper bay, a chamfered 4 centred arched doorway into storeyed solar bay with a close-studded partition, large reverse curved arched braces in solar end wall, 4-light diamond mullioned window opening. First floor heavily chamfered jowled posts to open truss with a sharply cambered tie beam, large chamfered arched braces with a double chamfer to centre of tie beam. Crown post concealed, in solar an arched brace from closed truss crown post to collar purlin which is cut with a strut to an inserted collar. C17 bay has stop chamfered cross axial binding beam, joists and storey posts.

Listing NGR: TM0735671193