Vineys Cottages

Vineys Cottages, originally a house or inn, dates back to the 15th century with alterations in the mid-16th century. The building is timber-framed with rendered infilling and a plain tile roof, constructed in a Wealden style. The original hall comprises two bays of unequal size; the left two-thirds of the left bay have a timber floor. A storeyed bay sits to the right, and further storeyed bays are set at approximately 60 degrees to the left of the hall. The building sits on a stone plinth. The left end bays, and the floored left end of the hall, feature continuous jetties. The right end bay is also jettied, with the jetty continuing around the right side elevation on a plain dragon post. A bay to the right of the hall was floored in the 16th century at a higher level, supported by a moulded bressumer. The framing is close studded. Notable interior features include an arch brace from the storeyed end of the hall to a flying wall-plate, and a solid bracket beneath the central tie-beam. The roof is hipped, with a gablet to the right. Brick stacks are present towards the rear, to the right and left, and a multiple filletted brick stack is located on the front slope of roof in the unfloored third of the left bay of the hall, with the brickwork corbelled out on the first floor to fill the recess. The building has an irregular fenestration of six projecting ovolo-moulded mullion windows with leaded lights, set on small shaped brackets; four windows have four lights and two have two lights. Two 20th-century ribbed doors are set within 15th-century architraves with 4-centred arched heads and hollow spandrels – one towards the left end and a larger one, with moulded jambs, to the floored left end of the hall. A long timber-framed rear wing extends to the left, with a hipped roof and gablet. A 20th-century timber-framed lean-to is attached to the left end. The interior has not been inspected.