The Ovens

The Ovens is a house that dates from the 15th to 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It has a roughcast exterior over a timber frame and features a half-hipped thatched roof, along with ridge and east end stacks. The building is single storey with an attic and has a long flat-roofed projection on the first floor on each side. The south front includes ground floor casement windows with cambered heads and two doors, while the north front displays some exposed timber framing and a curved stair projection.

Inside, the house likely began as a hall house, with one cruck truss and windbraces visible. There is a large central stack, with a chamfered and stopped spine beam to the east and a similarly detailed central beam in the west end room. The complex moulded stops feature two bars and a scroll with an incised design on the chamfer, and there are timber-lintel fireplaces.