Great Cheveney

This is a late 16th or early 17th century house, originally a group of cottages and later used as a farmhouse. It is timber-framed with rendered infilling, with the left side of one wing featuring red and grey brick in a Flemish bond to the ground floor and tile-hanging above. The roof is tiled. The house is laid out in an "L" shape, with a cross-wing added to the right. The left cross-wing has two timber-framed bays, set flush with the main range. The main range consists of a stack bay adjoining the left wing, and a single timber-framed bay. To the right, a separately framed early 17th century cross-wing of two timber-framed bays is set flush with the main range, and likely extended further to the rear at one point. The main range is two storeys high, while the wings are two storeys and have a garret. A brick plinth runs along the base. The timber framing is close-studded. There is an underbuilt jetty to the front of the right wing, and a higher midrail on the left wing. Arch braces are visible on the stack bay, and a tension brace on the right bay of the main range. The gable of the left wing has a jettied bressumer with shaped brackets, and a hipped roof to the rear. The right wing’s front roof is hipped with a gablet, the hip returning along the main range, while the wing’s rear roof is half-hipped. A multiple brick ridge stack is located at the left end of the main range, and a projecting brick stack is on the right side of the right wing. A two-light casement is visible in the gable of the left wing. The windows are irregular, with three leaded windows, one four-light mullioned window with blocked frieze windows to each wing, and one two-light casement towards the right end of the main range. A four-light mullioned window, also with blocked frieze windows, is on the ground floor of the south wing. There is evidence suggesting a former oriel window on each floor of this wing. A ribbed door is located at the right end of the main range. Inside, the timber framing is exposed. Within the left wing are reused timbers from the 15th century, including a moulded and brattished end-of-hall beam, a plain, sooted crown post with head braces and mortices for foot braces, and a former moulded tie-beam cut to create two principal posts. A cambered central tie-beam with deep arch braces, and a four-centred arched doorhead with hollow spandrels are also present in this wing. A blocked five-light mullioned window is found in the former right gable end of the main range. Clasped-purlin roofs are found in both the main range and the right wing.