Potters

Potters is a small estate house with late medieval origins, likely remodeled in the 17th century, and has undergone alterations in the 20th century, including new partitions. The building features creamwashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings and a thatched roof with a plain ridge, gabled at the left end, and a left end stack. The plan consists of a single depth layout that is two rooms wide, with a central entrance facing a straight stair. Evidence of smoke-blackening in part of the roof suggests that the house originally functioned as an open hall from the late medieval period. It may have been built alongside the Post Office, which is adjacent on the right but has a higher ridge line and may have been raised. The partitions around the stair in Potters appear to be from the 20th century, making it difficult to determine the original ground plan.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical two-window front. The thatched eaves are eyebrowed over two first-floor windows. There is a central 20th-century plank front door with a slated porch hood, flanked by 19th or 20th-century three-light timber casements with glazing bars. The first floor has two 20th-century three-light casements with square leaded panes. Inside, there is a chamfered crossbeam on the ground floor to the right. The roof consists of two side-pegged jointed cruck roof trusses, with the front foot of the left-hand truss dressed off for the insertion of a window. The apex of the right-hand truss was inspected during a survey and is smoke-blackened, retaining sooted thatch, rafters, and battens. Potters is a traditional house of medieval origins, situated in the center of an outstanding unspoiled estate village, and is one of eight closely spaced medieval houses.