Oak House

Oak House is a 17th-century farmhouse that was altered and enlarged in the 19th century. It is built with a timber frame, brick nogging in a Flemish bond pattern, and rests on a stone plinth, with a tiled roof. The house comprises a two-bay, two-and-a-half-storey, one-room-deep wing, and a single-bay, one-and-a-half-storey wing extending to form an ‘L’ shape. The road-facing elevation has timber framing arranged in four panels high, with the left bay slightly wider. It features two two-light casement windows with small panes and weatherboarding above. Above the two-light casement is an iron opening light, with leaded lights on the right and a two-light wooden casement on the left. Straight braces connect the main posts to the wallplate. An external brick chimney is located at the front of the right return. The left return has a timber-framed gable on the right with a two-light casement, small panes, and a weatherboard above the ground floor. A shorter, similar window is above, but without weatherboarding. Straight braces connect the main posts to the tie beam; weatherboarding extends to the tie beam and two collars of the gable truss. A two-light casement with small panes sits between the collars. The principal rafters are cut off above the upper collar. A boarded door, raised one brick and one stone step, is situated under an open, single-storey, timber porch with a gabled roof, and is accessed via a short flight of steps. A two-light casement with small panes is set within a cambered brick arch to its left, with cogged eaves and a two-light casement in a gabled dormer above. A large brick chimney rises from the ridge against the back of the two-bay section. The interior was not inspected.