La Chaume

La Chaume is a house that was later divided into two dwellings. It dates back to the 15th century and was extended with a floor and stack added in the mid to late 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. The building features a timber frame that is plastered and has a thatched roof. Originally, it was a small two-bay open hall with a storeyed service area or solar to the left. The stack was inserted, and parlour bays were added to the left, transforming it into a one-storey and attic three-cell plan.

The house has recessed part-glazed doors in later cross passage and lobby entry positions, along with 19th-century part-opening three-light glazing bar casements that have hoodboards. There is a three-light dormer over the hall, and the later bays have taller eaves. An axial ridge stack is located in the original storeyed bay between the hall and parlour. The left end features a half hip with a 20th-century lean-to outshut, while the right end has two-light casements, exposed plates, and purlins, along with a weatherboarded lean-to outshut. At the rear, there is a door in the cross passage position, French windows, and a clay lump pantiled lean-to behind the parlour bay.

Inside, the parlour has close studding and double roll moulded cross axial binding beams. Reused 15th-century storey posts have engaged shafts with moulded bases and an elaborate semi-octagonal bell capital. There is a seven-light roll and cavetto mullioned window opening in the end wall, and the first floor features arched braces to a cambered collar without a tie beam, along with arched braces in the walling. The hall contains an inserted double roll moulded binding beam and roll moulded square joists, with a diamond mullioned window opening in the service end wall, although much of the framing is concealed. The hall roof retains soot-blackened rafters and a crown post with a moulded capital and four-way bracing.