Curlditch Including Walls Of Walled Garden To The East

This is a house of late medieval origin, substantially remodelled in the late 17th and early 18th century, with 20th-century alterations. The walls of the associated walled garden, to the east, are also included in the listing. The house is built of cream-washed and rendered cob and stone, with a thatched roof. A plain ridge hipped at the left end of the main range and gabled at the ends of the wings. End stacks are present, with the left-hand stack partially dismantled.

The plan is an overall 'U' shape. The main range, facing south, is a single depth with three rooms. An entrance is located to the left of centre, leading to a wide passage containing the stair. An axial passage runs behind the centre room, providing access to the east end room, which is within the right-hand, or east, crosswing, completing with a stair projection at the right end. The north end of this wing has a late medieval core, visible through the smoke-blackened roof, likely representing the original service wing with an open hearth kitchen. The main range was rebuilt in the late 17th or early 18th century, retaining evidence of an earlier three-room and through-passage plan, with a lower end to the left and the hall in the centre, now divided from the lateral stack by an introduced axial passage.

The front elevation is asymmetrical with four windows. A gabled porch with a good 17th-century moulded doorframe and plank-and-stud door is situated to the left of centre. The windows are primarily 20th-century timber casements with glazing bars; two mullioned windows are visible in the gable end of the wing, retaining their original hoodmoulds. The east return (crosswing) features a mix of 20th-century and 18th-century casements, with the first-floor casements dating to the 18th century and featuring square leaded panes.

Internally, the main range retains plain chamfered crossbeams. The rear wing has chamfered crossbeams with run-out stops. The roof has side-pegged jointed cruck trusses above the rear right wing, exhibiting smoke-blackening on the purlins, rafters, and thatch at the north end, extending to a closed partition. The trusses in the main range are of a late 17th or early 18th-century 'A' frame design. The surrounding area includes stone rubble walls with tiled capping, forming the boundary of the walled garden to the east. The house is a large, handsome building of medieval origins, forming part of a notable group with Crabbs Cottage and Riverside Cottage.