Broadlands

Broadlands is a house located on Braunston High Street, likely dating from the 16th century, with remodels from the 17th and 19th centuries. It features cruck construction and is built from coursed ironstone rubble, with 19th-century brick extensions and an asbestos tile roof. The house has a brick and stone stack positioned to the left of center and is designed in an L-plan with one storey and an attic, comprising four bays.

The entrance, located in the second bay from the left, has a moulded wood frame and a four-panel door with panelled reveals, topped by a gabled timber hood. To the left of the entrance is a two-light window with 17th-century moulded stone jambs and a wood lintel, accompanied by a 20th-century metal casement window to its right. There is a similar two-light window in the right bay. The house features gabled half dormers with 20th-century metal casements, while the sides have been rebuilt in brick. The east gable end is reportedly timber framed, and there is a mid-19th-century brick extension that projects forward from the left side at the rear.

Inside, the easternmost bay on the ground floor contains part of a chamfered spine beam, sawn-off joists, and remnants of an early stud partition above. Other ground floor rooms showcase stop-chamfered spine beams. The roof includes two pairs of raised crucks, one of which has wattle and daub infill. It is suggested that this may have originally been a 16th-century three-bay house that was extended by one bay to the west in the 17th century. P. Woodfield has noted smoke blackening in the roof, indicating that it was likely an open hall house originally.