Goldenhurst, The Old House

Goldenhurst, the Old House, is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier. It features a timber frame with exposed close studding and plaster infill, with parts clad in red brick. The roof is plain tiled. The building consists of two parallel ranges. The southern range is one storey with an attic, featuring a hipped roof with gablets, three hipped dormers, and a cluster of stacks at the rear left, along with additional stacks at the rear centre and rear right. There is a four-light mullioned window and a hipped porch to the right with a boarded door. The rear range is two storeys high, with tile hanging and a pendant gable, and it represents the original house range. The present entrance front was formerly a barn that was converted for Noel Coward, who lived in the house, barn, and adjoining cottage as a single dwelling from 1927 to 1930. The property is now divided into two houses. Coward resided here from 1926 to 1956, making it his main residence outside of London and Switzerland. Notably, he wrote 'Cavalcade' here in 1931.