Newhouse Court And South House

Newhouse Court and South House are a house and oast, dating from the 15th century, with extensions from the 17th and 18th centuries. The building is timber-framed with exposed timber and plaster infill, and has areas of painted brick. The roof is covered in plain tiles. The main block is a hall house with a rear wing. It is two storeys high, with a jettied section to the left supported by dragon beams, featuring close-studding on the ground floor. The right-hand end bay is constructed of brick. The roof is hipped with stacks at the end on the left, the rear centre, and the end on the right. There are four wooden casement windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor, with a segmental head over the windows to the right. A boarded door with linenfold decorations is located in a reconstructed porch in the centre right. A moulded cornice piece marks the position of a lost doorway to the centre left which was the original main entrance. The left return has a painted brick ground floor and timber framing above. The left-hand two bays are weatherboarded and clad with red brick. The rear elevation has an irregular pattern of four wooden casement windows. Inside, a brattished dais beam is present. There is evidence of a screens passage featuring four-centred arched doorways and a large arch to the service area. The rear wing, now South House, was originally an 18th-century oast house and has been converted for residential use.