The Friary

The Friary is a house dating to the late 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations and 20th-century extensions to one end. The right side and rear gable are timber-framed with whitewashed brick and render infill, while the left side and front gable are roughcast and whitewashed, featuring painted timbering. The roof is tiled, and there is a rebuilt brick chimney to the left side of the front bay.

The house has two storeys and four bays. The front gable has 20th-century leaded casements, a single light on the ground floor and a cross casement above. The right side is irregular, with a blind bay on the left, an off-centre 20th-century board door, a 20th-century 3-light leaded casement, and two 20th-century rectangular bay windows with wooden lights. Two gabled dormers are set into the right side, each containing a wooden casement. The extensions at the far end are half-timbered.

Internally, the house retains timber framing with curved wall braces and wind braces. The floors have irregular joists; the front bay features stop-chamfered joists with jewel stops to the heavy chamfered spine. The second bay also has heavy joists. An upper room at the far end contains a long, irregularly curving brace extending from the floor to a purlin, reminiscent of a cruck construction.