Old Thatch And Attached Stable Range

Old Thatch is a house that dates from the 15th or early 16th century, with alterations made during several periods, mainly in the 17th century. It is a single-storey building with attics, originally designed as an open-hall house. By the 17th or 18th century, it had been modified to include a lobby entrance and four separate rooms. The house is timber-framed and plastered, with some 17th-century textured plaster visible beneath the eaves. It features a thatched roof with three 18th-century eyebrow dormers that have wrought iron casements. A narrow red brick chimney from the 16th century is located at the center of the building. Most of the windows are early 20th-century casements, designed in the style of the 17th century, and are leaded-glazed. There are two boarded doors from the 19th or 20th century, one positioned at the lobby entrance.

Inside, the timber framing is fully exposed, and the walls show prominent tension stud bracing. The open hall contains a fragmentary open truss; the tie-beam has been cut back to two stubs, but some of the arch braces remain, appearing to be from the late 15th or early 16th century. The hall also features a fine inserted ceiling from the mid-16th century, with well-crafted double-ogee moulded beams and joists. The open fireplace has a deep cambered lintel. The extensive 17th and 18th-century work is very plain, with on-edge floor joists and primary-braced studding in the extensions at either end of the house. To the right, there is a lower attached stable range from the 17th or 18th century, which has a fire insurance sign attached to the gable.