Corner House

Corner House is a house, originally built in the late 15th or early 16th century, and subsequently altered. A stack and parlour were added in the late 16th century, a floor inserted in the 17th century, and further alterations and extensions took place in the 19th century. The house is timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched roof. There is also a brick and pantile addition. Initially, it comprised a small, 2-bay open hall; no traces of storeyed bays remain. A parlour and stack were added to the left, followed by a lobby entrance. In the 17th century, the house was altered with screens passages, service rooms, and a hall, all contained within the original 2 bays. The building is predominantly single-storey with an attic. The front has a lobby entrance which has been replaced by a small casement window, flanked by three-light glazing bar casements, the one on the left being a part opening; there is a three-light gabled dormer over the former hall. A rebuilt ridge stack is located to the left of the centre. The left end has two- and three-light casements, with exposed plates and purlins, and pentice boards. The right end has two lights in the attic, with exposed plates and pentice boards. A tiled, gabled porch with a boarded door is located to the rear right, positioned in the location of a 17th-century screens passage. A short 19th-century brick addition is present to the rear left. The interior of the hall reveals some original studwork, including an inserted ogee stop chamfered axial binding beam, jowled posts on a reused cambered tie beam with lap joints on the open truss. The probable crown post is concealed. One wall plate features a lower hollow moulding with a Tudor Rose carving, which is partially repaired. The parlour has close studding, base cruck blades to a raised tie beam in the open truss, and a side purlin roof.