Goosemoor

Goosemoor is a small house dating from around the mid-17th century, with a rear addition added in the 1980s. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings and features a thatched roof, which is hipped at both ends and extends down as a catslide over the left end outshut. The rear addition has a concrete tile roof. The house has a prominent projecting stack at the front with a rendered and brick shaft, along with a smaller, later stack at the left end.

The layout is distinctive for its size, consisting of a single depth range with a heated room to the right of a passage entrance that contains the stair, and a small service outshut to the left, which was likely originally unheated. The building has two storeys and an asymmetrical two-window front, featuring a thatched porch supported by posts and a plank front door located to the left of centre, leading into the passage. The windows are late 20th-century two-light timber casements with glazing bars. On the rear elevation, there is a ground floor three-light 17th-century chamfered mullioned window that lights the main room.

Inside, the main room has a chamfered scroll-stopped crossbeam, and although the fireplace is blocked, it likely retains its original lintel and jambs. The roof apex has not been inspected, but an exposed timber on the ground floor may be the foot of a cruck truss. Overall, Goosemoor is an attractive and unusually small 17th-century house.