3, Deane Road

House. The origins of the building date back to the late medieval period, with significant remodelling in the late 17th century and refurbishment in the 19th century. Repairs were ongoing at the time of a survey in 1987. The structure is built of whitewashed rendered cob and stone rubble with a thatched roof, hipped at the right end and gabled at the left end. A front right stack was dismantled, and two rear lateral stacks remain.

The original layout was that of a late medieval open hall house, largely retaining its original roof structure and thatch. The 17th-century alterations created a heated hall to the left and a lower end, likely a kitchen, to the right. Honeysuckle Cottage, adjoining to the left, may have been added as an inner parlour at this time. The right-hand end of the building was further subdivided in the 18th or early 19th century, creating a small heated parlour facing the front and a rear service room.

The front facade is roughly symmetrical, featuring a three-window arrangement with regular fenestration. A 19th-century panelled front door is set within a 17th- or 18th-century chamfered doorframe, covered by a flat porch hood. The windows are 19th-century or 20th-century three-light timber casements with glazing bars, with one smaller first-floor two-light casement. A blocked first-floor doorway on the right return suggests a former storage use.

The left-hand room features a chamfered scroll-stopped crossbeam and a fireplace with a plain timber lintel. The front right room has a cob corner stack (removed), and 19th-century dado panelling in the passage. The roof contains thickly-sooted side-pegged jointed cruck trusses, with all original collars except one removed; threaded purlins; and diagonally-set ridge timbers. A largely complete thatched roof retains an unusual arrangement of twisted withies between the battens.

The house is a traditional building with medieval origins. The surviving thatched roof and roof structure are of particular interest.