The Old Place

The Old Place is a house dating from the 17th century, featuring a timber-framed east range with colourwashed plaster infill and a late 17th century brick southwest wing. The building has old tile roofs, except for the north bay of the east range, which is thatched with a half-hipped gable. The timber-framed range is one and a half storeys high and consists of three bays, while the southwest range has two storeys plus an attic and also comprises three bays.

The east elevation includes a left-hand board door and a central three-light leaded casement window. The upper floor features a central swept eaves dormer with a 17th-century ovolo moulded oak window containing five small lights. A lean-to lobby extends across the north elevation. The brick wing is characterized by pilaster strips that divide the bays and a band course between the storeys. The south elevation has leaded cross-casements in the two left bays, while the right bay contains two single-light leaded windows, with the upper one featuring a transom light, both providing light to the staircase. The half gable of the earlier range is clad in brick and has two-light leaded casements. The north elevation of the wing has three pilaster strips and a central bay with cross casements. The west gable wall is constructed of rubblestone with brick quoins, and there is a stack on the left gable and between the north bays of the east wing.

Inside, the timber-framed wing features chamfered and stopped spine beams and a single aspect inglenook lintel. There is a late 17th-century dogleg stair, a plank and muntin screen in the stair bay on the first floor, and 17th-century moulded batten doors.