Goodyers

Goodyers is a substantial 16th-century house located on the west side of The Spain. It features a high-pitched, hipped, tiled roof. The front of the house was added in the early 18th century by John Marmon, the builder who lived there. This new front slightly projects and covers all but the plastered left bay, which has two storeys and one window, with a jettied first floor. The new front has two storeys and an attic, with two windows made of painted brick under two gable ends, which have tall chimneys behind them. The gables feature lunettes with keystones, while other windows have gauged, segmental brick arches with keystones. The ground floor windows support a band across the front at the first floor level. All windows are replaced sashes in flush moulded frames. There is a blank window space with a hoodmould over it at the centre of the first floor, and a blocked doorway with a cornice hood on brackets at the centre of the ground floor. The house has a rendered plinth, and the south and west walls show flint work along with some ironstone and sandstone walling, galleted, all with red brick dressings. Old windows with chamfered brick jambs and mullions are visible, and the rear has tile hanging on the first floor. Inside, there is much exposed timber work, six stone fireplaces with Tudor arches, old plank floors, stout old plank doors, and an inglenook fireplace in the dining room. The former back door has a four-centred brick arch. A plaque on the wall notes that John Goodyer, a botanist and Royalist, lived here from 1592 to 1664.

Adjoining Goodyers is No 24, a cottage of two low storeys and a tile-hung attic, featuring one window under a half hipped, tiled roof. It has recessed casement windows with glazing bars and a modernised glazed door. The back parts of the cottage are timber framed, and there is a party wall connecting it to the new kitchen of the main house. Goodyers, along with Nos 22A and 26, form a group.