Taylors

Taylors is a hall house that dates back to the 14th century, originally developed into a larger hall in the 15th century, floored in the 16th century, and altered in the 17th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame clad in 'Club' tile hanging on a brick and render plinth, topped with a Horsham slab roof. The building has a T-shaped plan with a two-bay hall and a cross wing that projects to the left. There are offset diagonal stacks from the 17th and 19th centuries at both ends, with an inserted stack to the right of the center.

The left gable range has two storeys, while the centre and right sections have a single storey and attic under a gabled dormer. The right end has two storeys and attics, with the attic gable jettied on carved and scrolled brackets. The windows are diamond-pane, leaded casements, including one window on the first floor to the left with six small square lights above two lower rectangular lights, and two 2-light windows to the first floor left of centre. There is also one 6-light window on the ground floor to the right of centre and one 3-light window on each floor to the right.

The door, located to the left of centre in the angle with the wing, leads to a cross passage and is topped by a hipped Horsham slab hood on brick piers. The right-hand return front features a gabled oven attached to the rear of the side stack, while the left-hand return front has galleted sandstone blocks with brick dressings on the ground floor and a flying buttress supporting the stack. The rear includes arched braces on the corner post, with single-storey extensions at right angles and a gabled stair vice to the rear left.

Inside, the details suggest that the early hall in the left gable was developed in the 15th and 16th centuries into a larger two-bay hall, possibly with a solar to the right. Smoked gablets and a crown-post roof are still present, along with a large 16th-century fireplace, old oak floorboards on the first floor, a panelled wall, and an old staircase. The ceiling is chamfered, and substantial framing is exposed.