Nastend House

Nastend House, formerly known as Nastend Court, was the home of the Clutterbuck family. It dates from the late 16th century, with a front wing added in the 17th century. The building underwent alterations in the 18th and 20th centuries, including a single-storey wing added to the left, which is not of special interest. The upper storey is partially timber-framed and faced in roughcast, while the ground floor features 17th-century ashlar stonework, as does the entire front gable and the front of the east end. The roof is covered with stone slates on the gable and the front of the east end, with the remainder finished in double Roman tiles.

The house has a nearly central stone ridge stack and a large ashlar external stack at the rear of the right side, likely from the early 17th century. It is a single range of two storeys and an attic, with a projecting front gable. The windows show mixed styles: one surviving 4-light diamond wood mullion is on the rear wall of the first-floor room to the right; stone mullion leaded casements with square hoodmoulds were added in the 17th century, but only a few remain, as most were replaced with sashed windows in the 18th century, typically 12-pane, with a wide triple sash on the ground floor to the right. There are also some 20th-century windows, mainly on the rear elevation.

The entrance is located in the corner to the right of the front gable, featuring a 20th-century porch and door. The right-hand return has a jetty at attic level, supported by a moulded timber bressumer, and it likely originally had a first-floor jetty as well. The upper floors of this wall display close-studded timber framing, which is only visible from the inside.

The interior retains many original features from the 16th and 17th centuries, including generally compartmented chamfered beam ceilings. The external stack has large stone fireplaces with wide 4-centred arches on the ground and first floors; the first-floor fireplace features intertwined initials of W and M, representing Walter Clutterbuck and his wife. The first-floor room to the right has curved chamfered brackets supporting the main cross beams, which continue down to chamfered posts against vertical side beams. The internal timber frame wall shows carpenter's assembly marks that are clearly incised. The roof has arched wind braces in pairs along most of its length, and there are many contemporary plank doors in the timber-framed partition walls.