7, The Green

This is a mid-15th century house, which was altered in the 19th century, and is now divided into two dwellings. It is constructed of roughcast limestone rubble with a brick gable stack and a stone slate roof. The original plan comprised a single room with a through-passage, a parallel rear range, and a later 18th century range connecting the two. The house is two storeys and has an attic, with a two-window front. The left-hand doorway has a raised surround and a panelled door, while the ground floor also has a two-light casement window. The first floor features two-light sash windows, and a blocked late 16th century two-light stone mullioned window, with reserved chamfers, is visible on the right. A gabled lateral stack is present on the side range.

Inside, the building retains significant historic features. The original mid-15th century roof has four arched braced collar trusses with threaded ridge and wind braces to tenoned purlins. A framed truss with a doorway and wattle and daub panels is also present. The rear range has a later roof with chamfered beams, and the connecting side range dates from around 1700, with two collar trusses. On the first floor, there are chamfered stopped lateral beams with deep chamfers. Other interior details include an 18th century cupboard next to the ground-floor room’s fireplace, panelled shutters, wainscot, an early 19th century staircase with stick balusters, column newels, and a moulded rail. A second staircase is located between the two rear ranges. A rear ground-floor room features a very deep axial lateral beam and HL hinges on a door. Historically, the house was part of the larger No.7, originally an open hall house. The gable has been rebuilt and a chimney inserted. The building is one of the earliest domestic buildings in the parish, and was likely originally timber-framed before being encased in stone.