Broomhill

Broomhill is a house dating from the 15th century, with alterations made around 1600 and a restoration in the 20th century. It features an exposed timber-frame structure with plaster and brick infill, and some lower walls have been rebuilt in painted brick, along with 20th-century weatherboarding. The thatched roof covers a medieval hall house plan that consists of three bays, with one bay always being two storeys high. There is a later outshot and a significant stack from around 1600, with the hall now at one and a half storeys. The house has plain doorways beneath two swept-down thatch porches supported by posts. All windows are early 19th-century cast-iron lattice glazed casements, which were reused from another building in the 20th century. The roof is half-hipped at one end and hipped at the other, with a swept-down section above the 20th-century outshot. Inside, the main beams supporting the first floor have moulded chamfers, and the fireplace in the hall features a chamfered bressumer and unusually worn brick jambs.