2 AND 3

Nos. 2 and 3 are a pair of dwellings that were originally a single house, dating from the early 16th century and significantly remodeled in the 17th century. The buildings are constructed of cob with some brick patching, a stone plinth, and are plastered under a gabled-end shingle roof, with the rear wing featuring a half-hipped design. The original layout was a three-room, through-passage plan, with end stacks and an axial stack backing onto the passage that heats the hall, all featuring brick shafts.

The buildings stand two storeys tall and have a front elevation with a four-window range, all of which are casement windows from the 19th or 20th century, either timber or metal framed. The rear and rear wing have similar window styles, and there is evidence of a rear stair turret.

Inside No. 2, which was inspected, there is a plank-and-muntin screen at the lower end of the passage, with chamfered muntins and a shouldered-arch doorway. A blocked doorway to the right of the axial stack, which formerly provided access to the hall, has chamfered lintels that are pegged into the bressumer. The lower end room features a chamfered cross beam with run-out stops and two rear windows that are exposed internally. The 17th-century front door remains in place, although it has been replaced by a 20th-century outer door; this original door is planked and fitted with large spear hinges.

Beneath the present floor covering, the medieval central hearth is believed to survive, along with a large chamfered end fireplace. A jointed cruck is visible, with its apex morticed and side-pegged, and there are trenched purlins that are smoke-blackened. The lower end appears to jet out into the hall (now No. 2), with the bressumer supported by small brackets. The cross beams are substantial, and the fireplace lintel is massive and seems unchamfered.