Smyths House

Smyths House is a former farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, dating from the 15th century, with the parlour cell slightly enlarged around 1600. It underwent renovation and subdivision in 1986-87, with work still ongoing at the time of the survey in June 1987. The building is timber framed and rendered, with small remnants of old plaster that imitate ashlar. The roof is plaintiled, featuring concrete tiles on the front and clay tiles on the rear. Originally an open hall house of three-cell form, it stands two storeys high. The windows are casements without glazing bars, inserted in 1986, and there are two mid-20th century boarded doors along with two small flush rooflights. An internal stack has its shaft rebuilt in the mid-20th century. There are lean-to additions on the right and at the rear, the latter constructed of flint and brick.

Inside, the frame remains largely intact, with the hall featuring a mid rail. The open truss has a cambered tie beam supported by massive arched braces, although part of the rear portion has been cut away. The tie beam supports a crown-post of cross-quadrate section, with two-way bracing to the collar purlin, and the coupled rafters are intact. Part of one hall window retains diamond mullions, and there is evidence for another window, as well as for cross-entry doorways. The timbers in the service partition are concealed. The upper end wall of the hall features a moulded and embattled dais beam, mostly obscured by the stack that was inserted against it, and the remains of a two-centre arched doorway leading into the parlour. All 15th-century hall timbers show heavy soot marks, and the parlour and service ends contain 15th-century joists. An inserted hall ceiling has an axial bridging beam and chamfered joists, likely from the late 16th century. The building was formerly known as Camp Green Farmhouse.