Old Malt House

House, dating from circa 1550, with significant alterations in the mid to late 17th century and partial rebuilding in the 18th and 19th centuries, and a 20th-century restoration and extension. The house is timber-framed with walls of painted brick and flint. It has a longstraw hipped roof and brick axial stacks. The original plan was of a three-bay hall, remodelled in the mid to late 17th century with the addition of a right-hand bay and rebuilding of the service end in the 18th and 19th centuries, creating a malthouse. The house is one storey with an attic, displaying an asymmetrical five-window front. The windows are mostly late 19th and 20th century casements with glazing bars. The eaves have been raised to accommodate the attic windows, and the thatch is carried down as a canopy over the doorway to the right of centre. Exposed timber framing is visible to the left of centre. The interior retains substantial exposed timber framing with long, straight braces, large panel framing, and evidence of a cross-passage. The roof features cambered tie-beams on straight jowled posts, queen-struts to the collar with clasped purlins. The rafters and battens are heavily soot blackened, alongside areas of smoke blackened multi-layered thatch. Brick ovens from the former malthouse remain in the present kitchen.