Tudor House

Tudor House is a timber-framed and rendered building, largely of 15th century origins, with alterations made in the 14th and 16th centuries and later. It is a mediaeval open hall house constructed with raised cruck trusses. Recent research suggests possible origins in the 14th century, with a possible oriel window, now removed, added in the 15th century, followed by further alterations. The roof is tiled with pantiles at the front and double Roman tiles at the rear.

The building is single storey with an attic, and includes a two-storey gabled cross wing at the west end with a bracketed, jettied, timber-framed upper floor. The front has three windows, and one in the cross wing. The windows are predominantly 4-light oak moulded mullion and transom windows, with some modern replacements in the original window jambs. Other windows include a 20-pane sash on the ground floor and an oriel on the first floor of the cross wing, with moulded mullions. A plank door is fitted with cast iron strap hinges within a heavy wooden frame.

The east elevation features large projecting stacks and a 6-light stone mullion and transom window with four central arched heads (three lights to the north being good modern replicas). The north (rear) elevation has a modern one-storey lean-to and an extension to the cross wing.

The interior includes a roof with four raised cruck trusses, arch-braced collars and a row of wind braces. The open hall originally comprised three or four bays and features a parlour and upper chamber at the east end, a cross passage, and service rooms, which have been replaced by the cross wing. The parlour at the east end has a 16th-century cross-beam ceiling with double ogee moulding and converging stops, a low fireplace with stone jambs, and above the stone fireplace are chamfered and stopped jambs. The main hall’s west wall contains a stone fireplace with a 4-centred arch head and hollow chamfers, and the north wall has a large blocked 2-centred arch with ogee and hollow moulding. The west wall also has an internal jetty supporting a timber-framed partition.

A room to the west of the original cross passage has chamfered and stopped beams. Above this are two rooms, the larger one having a 16th-century stone fireplace with a shouldered head and projecting shelf, and an open cupboard with three shaped shelves, a carved door, and a panel above. Also present are two doorways with depressed 4-centred arch heads and a small 3-light casement window with ovolo moulded mullions and leaded lights.