The Dormers

The Dormers is a house located on Church Street in Crondall, originally built in the last quarter of the 15th century. It features a western range that was modified in the late 16th or early 17th century with the insertion of a fireplace and floor. There are two additional structures from the 17th century to the east, and the west side was refronted around 1862. In the late 20th century, the building underwent refenestration and extensions to the east and south.

The western range is primarily timber-framed but is mostly covered in painted brick, with exposed timbers on the south gable and tile-hanging on the north gable. The roof is half-hipped and tiled, with an off-center brick chimney stack and two gables on the east side. The house has two storeys and features three windows. Originally, it was a two-bay open hall house with a cross passage and a service bay to the south, which was adapted into a lobby entrance house in the late 16th or early 17th century.

The west or entrance front has three gabled dormers that break up a modillion cornice. The windows are casements in 19th-century openings, which have been replaced with uPVC. The north front showcases a tile-hung gable, while the south front reveals exposed timber framing on the gable end and includes a one-storey late 20th-century addition with a doorcase. The east elevation features gabled end bays, and the southeastern gable has a first-floor early 19th-century pointed arched casement with leaded lights and pintle hinges, while other windows are 20th-century casements.

Inside, the original posts of the cross passage remain, and exposed floor joists can be seen in all three bays of the western range. The central room has an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer and spice recesses. The two 17th-century additions to the southeast and northeast also have exposed floor joists. Much of the timber framing of the east wall and the north and south end walls is visible from the interior. The upper floor retains original tie beams and a queen post roof with purlins and diagonal braces, along with partition walls.

The Dormers is a former late 15th-century timber-framed two-bay open hall house that has been adapted over the centuries, retaining a significant amount of its original frame internally.