Newfoundout East

A substantially intact timber-framed house, originally dating to the mid 17th century, with an original outshot. It was later subdivided and substantially infilled with brick in the 18th century, and the windows were replaced in the early 20th century. A late 20th-century brick extension to the east and a late 20th-century conservatory to the west are not of special interest. The house is timber-framed, with visible box framing on the ground floor of the south and west sides; otherwise, the ground floor is largely of red brick or red brick infill, with some sandstone in the rear elevation. The first floor of all but the rear elevation is clad in weatherboarding. The roof is tiled, with a brick chimneystack rebuilt above the ridge in the late 19th century, and a catslide roof to the rear. The original plan was of a three-bay lobby entrance house of two storeys and attics with an off-centre chimneystack and integral outshot. Originally, the front of the building faced south, but the current entrance is on the north side.

The south elevation, which was originally the front, has two storeys and three windows with early 20th-century casement windows. A replaced doorcase, originally opposite the chimneystack, has been replaced by two early 20th-century plank doors, indicating that the building was later subdivided into two cottages. The west side displays visible box framing in the ground floor and projecting collar rafters in the gable. The small two-light windows in the end gables are likely original mullioned windows. The north elevation includes a 20th-century gabled dormer, five casement windows, and a plank door.

The ground floor west room has its timber frame exposed on two sides, a spine beam with a one-inch chamfer and lambs tongue stops, and an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer. The fireplace includes a spice cupboard with a wooden door and a brick bread oven. A wooden ledged door with large iron hinges leads to a wooden winder staircase. Brick paving is present in the lobby. The east room (originally the parlour) also has brick paving and an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer. The timber-framed rear wall of the property is visible, demonstrating that the outshot is original. The first floor east room has exposed beams and original floorboards, while the first floor west room has an exposed spine beam. The roof is of side purlin construction with angled queenstruts, and the top of the brick chimneystack is visible in the attic.

Two cottages at Newfoundout are shown unnamed on the Gardner and Gream map of circa 1795. Newfoundout East was converted into two cottages, and a second staircase has since been removed. Census Returns for 1871, the first time the name Newfoundout is used, record James Charter, a widower and stone mason, among the occupants. “J Charter etc” paid £1 Land Tax on the cottages from 1879 to the 1890s. The house was built on land that belonged to the owners of Denne Manor from the 1840s to the 1930s, and possibly for centuries prior to that.