Sweet Meadows

Sweet Meadows is a small house with late medieval origins and early 17th century remodelling, along with late 20th century additions at the left end. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, topped with a thatched roof that is gabled at both ends. The original part of the house is located at the right end of the current structure. The layout consists of a single depth block on the right, which was formerly two heated rooms, but the central partition has been removed. A 1980s addition on the left replaces earlier outbuildings. The roof of the right-hand block indicates that it may have once served as the hall and inner room of a three-room house, with the passage and lower end to the right having been dismantled. The hall was floored over in the early 17th century.

The house has two storeys and features a front with four windows on each side, where the right-hand end is approximately symmetrical. It includes a central 20th century front door beneath a thatched porch canopy and 19th century two-light casement windows with six panes per light. The late 20th century addition has two-light plastic casements.

Inside, the early 17th century hall contains an open fireplace at the right end, featuring stone rubble jambs and a chamfered lintel with an ogee stop. The cross beam is cambered and deeply chamfered with step stops, and the joists are exposed. There is a smaller fireplace at the left end with a timber lintel, which may date to the 18th century. Smoke-blackened rafters and battens are visible throughout the right-hand end of the house, flanking a later cob partition in the roof space. While no smoke-blackened principal rafters remain, a later 18th century X apex truss has been inserted below the late medieval rafters. Overall, the house reflects a partly late medieval structure with internal features from the late 17th century.