Lodge Hill Cottage

Lodge Hill Cottage is a house located on Henley Road in Medmenham, dating from the early to mid-16th century. It was remodeled in the early to mid-17th century and has undergone later alterations and mid-20th century extensions. The cottage features timber-framing with 17th to 18th century brick nogging visible on the front and right gable, while the rear is constructed of early 19th century collarwashed Flemish bond brick. It has a gabled plain tile roof and a 17th century brick front lateral stack, which is finished with mid-20th century brick and includes a tiled brick bread-oven projection on a clunch plinth at the front. The mid-20th century extensions are made of English bond brick with a tile-clad first floor at the rear right, also featuring gabled plain tile roofs and brick stacks.

The original plan consists of three units with a central open hall, which was remodeled in the early to mid-17th century to include an inserted hall floor and stack. The mid-20th century rear extensions create a U-plan layout. The cottage has two storeys and a two-window garden front with mid-20th century leaded casements, similar casements are found elsewhere, and the main entry is located in the rear left wing. The right gable end displays 17th century brick quoining against a flint rubble wall on the ground floor.

Inside, the room to the right features chamfered joists and a transverse beam with sawn-off pegs for a wattle and daub partition, likely from the 18th century. The former hall in the center has a large open fireplace made of 17th century brick, a chamfered bressumer, and a fine reset Charles I fireback. The room to the left contains 17th century joists, with sawn-off tenons from a former partition to an axial beam. The roof is a three-bay smoke-blackened structure with windbracing to clasped purlins and collar trusses, including a central upright to the tie beam, jowled wall posts, and a queen-post truss at the right gable.