Freeman'S Close

Freeman's Close is a house that dates from the late 17th century, with extensions from the 18th century and around 1913, along with later additions and alterations. The building is constructed from roughly coursed and banded limestone and marlstone rubble, topped with a concrete tile roof. The original section is on the left, with an 18th-century extension to the right.

The house has two storeys and an attic. On the first floor of the 17th-century part, there is a chamfered three-light mullion window on the left and a two-light mullion window on the right. The ground floor features a three-light mullion window with a dripstone on the left and a two-light mullion window on the right, which has been replaced by a 20th-century glazed door, although the dripstone remains. A lean-to verandah, added around 1913, runs the full length of the 17th-century section and is supported by wooden posts.

The 18th-century extension has a three-light leaded casement window directly below the eaves and a 20th-century bay window on the ground floor. There are gabled dormers in the roof slope on both sides. The house has integral end stacks and a ridge stack, which was formerly an end stack at the junction of the 17th and 18th-century parts. The two left stacks were rebuilt in the 20th century, and the right stack is truncated. There is also a 19th-century lean-to attached to the right gable end.

Inside, the left ground-floor room features a chamfered spine beam and an oak winder staircase that continues to the attic, with the top flight renewed in the late 20th century. The right room has an inglenook fireplace. The first floor has chamfered ceiling beams, and the double butt-purlin roof consists of five short bays with two collar trusses to the left of the ridge stack and one to the right. A parallel gabled range from around 1913 is located at the rear on the right, along with a late 20th-century flat-roofed addition in the angle to the left, which is not of special architectural interest.