Runcton House

Runcton House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, with origins dating back to the 15th century. The building features an open hall that now serves as the rear service wing of an early 19th-century range facing south. This 19th-century range is two stories high and has three windows. It is constructed of red brick, which was originally colourwashed, and includes shallow pilasters set back from the corners and flanking the entrance. The roof is plaintiled with external gable chimneys made of red brick. The windows are three-light with plastered cambered lintels, square lights above a transom, and a central casement. The entrance features a 20th-century glazed six-panel door set in a recessed round-arched opening.

The rear wing consists of a two-bay open hall that likely once had a further storeyed cell, which has now been replaced by a 19th-century lean-to. This wing is timber-framed, encased in 19th-century red brick towards the road, and plastered at the rear. Inside the hall, there is a nearly complete crown-post roof that is heavily smoke-encrusted. The open truss features an octagonal crown post with four-way bracing and well-moulded capital and base. The supporting tie-beam likely retains most of its arch-bracing, although it is now concealed; one brace can be seen springing from a pilaster in a ground floor room. An additional tie-beam, which was formerly arch-braced, indicates the position of the cross-passage. A first floor was inserted into the hall in the late 16th century. Additionally, there is a 16th-century dairy-bakehouse wing at the rear, which has good timber-framing exposed internally and remains largely unaltered.