Pollard Cottage Pollard House

A 15th-century hall house with a 16th-century gabled cross wing, originally a shop, and now a house divided into two dwellings. The building is timber framed on stone and brick plinths, with whitewashed external finishes. Brick infill is visible in the frame, with some in a diagonal pattern on the ground floor left, whitewashed brick cladding to the centre, and whitewashed infill on the right. The right-hand wing incorporates a shop, which was restored in the 20th century. The roof is tiled, hipped with gablets on the main house to the right, a triple stack to the left of centre, and a smaller offset stack at the right end. The house is of a "Wealden" type, with a recessed centre and a jettied first floor on the right end. “Kentish” bracing appears on the right, while flying braces are visible across the centre first floor, with coved eaves. There are four framed bays, with a bracket supporting the centre post of the hall at eaves height. The first floor features jetties supported by brackets, square dragon posts with moulded capitals and plinths supporting "dragon beams," irregular leaded casement fenestration, including a projecting 3-light casement to the first floor right, a 5-light projecting window to the first floor centre right, and a smaller window to the left. A leaded casement on the first floor of the wing to the north, and a 3-light window are also present. On the ground floor, there are three windows to the right and centre. Two cambered-head shop windows are blocked on the ground floor of the wing's north side. A part-glazed panelled door is located to the right of centre. An arched door in a moulded surround is situated in the re-entrant angle on the north face of the cross wing. There’s a further door at the right end. A 20th-century pent-roofed recessed porch and side passage are on the south side of the cross wing. The interior retains extensive exposed framing, with chamfered ceiling joists and a moulded crown post in the roof. The original shop front is a rare survival.