The Willows

The Willows is a house that dates from the late 15th century and the 16th century. It has two storeys and five bays, and it is positioned sideways to the road. The building is timber-framed and plastered, featuring remnants of comb-patterned pargetting in panels. The ground storey of the east gable is underbuilt in brick. The roof is pantiled, gabled on the east side and hipped on the west. There is one internal chimney stack and one external chimney stack on the rear wall. The windows are mainly 20th-century three-light casements, with 18th-century casements in the east gable. At the rear, there is one original four-light window with diamond mullions, and two similar blocked windows can be seen inside the house. The entrance features a six-panel door with sunk panels and moulded surrounds, topped by a flat pediment supported on ornate brackets. Inside, there is a plain 16th-century crown-post roof over the three eastern bays, showcasing good timbering. One ground floor room contains a fine 18th-century fireplace surround and a duck's nest grate, likely brought from another location.