Step House

Step House is a former farmhouse that has been converted into two dwellings. The building dates back to the 15th century with a hall range on the right, while the left side features an early 17th-century parlour block that replaced earlier medieval work. At the rear, there is a late 17th-century service range. The structure is timber framed and rendered, with the service range showcasing a 18th-century red brick gable end. The parlour block is covered with asbestos slates, while the other sections have concrete pantiles. The hall range and rear wing are 1½ stories tall, and the parlour block is two stories with a former attic.

The windows are small-paned casements from the 20th century, and there are boarded and plank doors, including one to the right in the original cross-entry. A raking dormer is present on the right side, and there is a stack at the junction of the two front ranges, most of which is rendered.

Inside, the hall range features partly exposed studding with reversed braces. There is an intact open truss over the former open hall, now part of the partition wall between the two dwellings, which includes a slightly cambered tie beam with curved braces meeting at the center and a plain octagonal crown-post with two-way bracing. The roof timbers are heavily sooted. The service partition shows evidence of arched doorways, and at the rear of the service cell, there is a solid-tread stair that is likely the original and an important survival. The hall has a 17th-century inserted floor, with the main beam displaying nicked ogee stop-chamfers. The parlour has heavy plain studding with no visible bracing, and the lower ceiling features an axial beam with nicked ogee stops and chamfered joists, while the upper room has plain joists. The roof is a butt purlin design with two-way straight plank wind bracing, and the rear wing contains many reused components from the 15th and 16th centuries.