Fordbrook

Fordbrook is a hall-house, now functioning as a house, dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, with an 18th-century wing added to the rear. The building features a timber frame that is exposed on the first floor, while the ground floor is made of painted brick set on a low rubble stone plinth, with plaster infilling above and some curved braces. It has a plain tiled hipped roof with gablets and a tall brick ridge stack on the right side. The structure has a three-bay hall-house plan and is two storeys high with an attic. The windows are irregularly arranged, with three on the first floor and four on the ground floor, all of which are casements. There is a later 20th-century one-storey hipped roof extension projecting to the right. The entrance features a panelled door with a flat hood supported by brackets, located on the left return front. The 18th-century half-hipped wing at the rear is weather-boarded on the east side, with a small outshut to the north and tile-hanging on the first floor. A catslide extension is present at the right end of the building. Inside, there is a substantial frame with heavily jowled posts, large inserted brick stacks, and an inserted floor in the central bay of the frame. The roof has a queen post design with some sooting on the rafters.