Strouds House

Strouds House is a house dating from the mid to late 17th century, with a probable 19th-century dairy on the left and a late 20th-century extension on the right. The main facade is built of brick in an irregular bond, creating a horizontal banded effect using vitrified brick, while the rear facade is in English bond. The left gable is partly in rubble. The 20th-century extension is of Flemish bond brick, and the dairy is rendered and whitewashed. The roof is thatched, with brick stacks to the ends of the original range; the stack on the left is 19th century, and the one on the right may be original.

The house was originally symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and three bays. A single-bay extension was added to the right, and a three-light window, likely from the 19th or 20th century, is present with horizontal glazing bars. The upper floor's central window is a two-light casement with full glazing bars. A 20th-century part-glazed plank door sits under a thatched porch. The rear facade features two ovolo-moulded, timber mullioned windows of three lights, modified to accept later casements. The brickwork is built directly on these windows without lintels or arches, indicating they were originally structural.

Inside, there is an open fireplace with a chamfered, shallow four-centred timber bressummer and medium chamfered beams with run-out stops and step and hollow curve detailing. The roof timbers were initially believed to be original; however, recent work revealed that while the trusses and rear roof slope are original, the front slope has been partly rebuilt with modern sawn rafters, retaining the original purlins.