Somners

This is an early 18th-century house, incorporating some earlier timberwork. It was re-faced and refurbished in the mid-19th century.

The house is built on an oak structural timber frame. The west side is rendered, the north side is stuccoed with incised lines to simulate stonework, and the south side is brick in a Flemish bond pattern. The roof is tiled, with a brick chimney stack on the south side.

The house is L-shaped, with the main eastern part comprising four bays and the L-wing consisting of three bays.

The west front, which serves as the entrance front, is pebble-dashed and features two three-over-three pane sash windows with horns in matching surrounds on each floor. A central recessed doorcase has a similar surround and a half-glazed door. The north side is stuccoed with incised lines, and the gable has a carved wooden bargeboard. The south side reveals the brickwork, including grey headers, and a brick chimney stack which appears to have a curved section near its base, reminiscent of a bread-oven.

On the ground floor, the south room has a reused spine beam with a one-inch chamfer and triangular stops, supported at the south end by a curved wedge. Ceilings beams show nail holes, indicating they were once plastered over. Between this room and the kitchen, a surviving beam retains sockets for a former partition, along with the brick surround of a fireplace. A similar spine beam and ceiling beams with nail holes are found in the north ground floor room. The south end of this room likely housed the original staircase. The fireplace opening retains its brickwork, although the wooden fireplace is a replacement. A mid-19th-century half-winder staircase with a beaded plank partition (but replaced balusters) is located in the east corridor. One cupboard features an 18th-century door surround, and there is an 18th-century tiled floor in the corridor.

The first floor retains an 18th-century partition beside the staircase and several four-panelled doors. A north bedroom contains a mid-19th-century wooden fireplace with a cast iron basket grate. Another bedroom retains an original partition wall. The bathroom’s south wall, with mid-rail and studs, adjoins The Friary. A reused spine beam in the bathroom has a curious semi-circular cut-out on both sides. One door is ledged and planked with an original cast iron latch.

The attic retains the roof structure, featuring staggered purlins arranged in four bays north to south and three bays in the L-wing, bearing carpenters' marks.