Loud House

Loud House is a house that dates from the mid-16th century and was clad in the 18th century. It has a timber frame and is covered with galletted ragstone and red brick dressing, with tile hanging on the first floor and a plain tiled roof. The house features a four-bay lobby entry. The current entrance front, facing west, includes an outshot and a ragstone porch with a plank door. The original entrance elevation is to the east and consists of two storeys, with a brick-trimmed plinth and quoins. The first floor has fish-scale tile hanging and a hipped roof with gablets, along with a central right stack. There are four metal casements on the first floor, three on the ground floor, and a glazed door to the centre right. To the right is a brick outshot. Inside, the full frame is visible, featuring a clasped purlin roof, gunstock jowled posts, and stop-chamfered beams. There is a coved inglenook and a round-backed fireplace in the second room. A stack dated 1772 is found inside, while the exterior bears the date 1729. The house is named after John Loud, who lived there and likely built the timber house in 1552.