The Old Cooperage

House. The building incorporates two phases of construction: a cross-wing dating from the 15th or early 16th century, with a gable facing the street, and a later 16th-century addition to its left. It is timber framed and plastered, with a plaintiled roof. At the rear, the cross-wing is weatherboarded and pantiled. The house is two storeys high with an attic in the later section, and has three windows. The windows are 19th-century casements, mostly without glazing bars. A large-paned tripartite sash window is on the ground floor to the left, and a full-width 19th-century workshop window occupies the gable end. A mid-20th century plank door is present. A single flat-roofed dormer is visible. Internally, there are two stacks within the cross-wing and a further stack at the gable end of the left-hand range. The cross-wing originally comprised five bays and was jettied at the front. Some bays retain exposed heavy joists. The front gable end exhibits widely-spaced studding with tension braces and arched-braced tie beams. Evidence suggests the presence of paired doorways into the front two rooms from a cross-passage, where the later section adjoins; a good plank and muntin partition stands against this cross-passage. The 16th-century addition has plain first-floor studding, a chamfered-joist ceiling, and an open fireplace on the ground floor. Above the upper fireplace is a painted design on plaster, depicting a central Tudor rose and sinuous strands of foliage with flowers. The roofs were not fully examined, though coupled rafters were noted over the rear two bays of the cross-wing. The house is one of two which survived a serious fire in this part of the village in 1744.