Postling Court

Postling Court is a house that has been subdivided, originally built in the mid-17th century with later additions and alterations from the late 19th century. The structure is timber-framed, with the ground floor clad and underbuilt using red and grey brick in Flemish bond. The first floor features exposed framing with rendered infilling, topped by a plain tile roof. The main range includes a short cross-wing to the right, which was formerly slightly projecting and was extended in the late 19th century. The building has two storeys and attics, with a continuous jetty on the main range that is now underbuilt. The first-floor framing is unevenly divided into two panels per storey and includes short curved tension braces. The roof is hipped, and there are two rear stacks, along with a projecting 17th-century brick stack in English bond on the right gable end, featuring two diagonally-set flues on a moulded plinth. The late 19th-century gabled dormers add to the roofline. The windows are irregularly arranged, consisting of three leaded windows: one two-light casement with top-lights, one single-light casement, and a late 19th-century two-storey rectangular bay window with four casements and side lights on each floor. A late 19th-century panelled door is located under a timber-framed porch at the left end. The right wing was extended forwards in the late 19th century, featuring a brick ground floor and tile-hung upper section, with a hipped plain-tile roof and various canted leaded lights. There is also a short single-storey addition to the left that leads to a late 19th-century range at right angles. Inside, the building retains exposed framing and a fragment of a moulded fillet halfway up the former front elevation of the 17th-century right wing. The roof structure includes aligned butt purlins with queen struts to the rafters and arch-braced interrupted tie-beams, with a similar truss in the 17th-century wing, but featuring clasped purlins.