Edolphs

NORWOOD HILL ROAD (OFF) 1. 5387 (west side) Edolphs TQ 24 SW 1/22 13.3.73 (formerly listed as Edolph) II 2.

Early C17. Three bay parlour house with chimney in end bay and back kitchen at right angles with Victorian addition of 2 bays to the west. The east end is the original portion. L-shaped timber-framed building of square framing with red brick infilling, refaced with rough cast on the ground floor and tile hung above. Tiled roof. Two storeys. Two casement windows. Penticed weather porch. Interior contains early C17 panelling to the parlour and an inner room and fine brooch stops to the spine beams. Upstairs there is original partitioninf on the landing and chamfers round the doors. The bacon loft beside the chimneystack retains its bar and hooks for suspending the flitches. The back kitchen has a large ingle nook hearth. (See Joan M Harding "Four Centuries of Charlwood Houses" p 42).

Listing NGR: TQ2434242360