Bartletts

Bartletts is a farmhouse that has been converted into a dwelling. It likely dates back to the late medieval period, with a ceiling added in the late 16th to early 17th century. The southern end of the building was rebuilt in the 19th century, and there was an addition to the north gable end in the 20th century. The structure is made of random rubble chert stone with Ham stone dressings and features a thatched roof with coped verges at the south gable end. There are two stone stacks, one with a brick cap located to the right of the entrance and another set in from the left gable end.

The layout suggests it was possibly an open hall house that has been modified into a three-cell arrangement with a cross passage now facing west. The inner room has been lost due to the rebuilding of the south end, which created a larger hall, and there is an outshot in the north-east corner along with a service addition north of the kitchen.

The west front of the building is two storeys high and features a 2:1:2 bay arrangement. There are two eyebrow dormers on the left above the outshot, which have 20th-century fenestration. A thatched porch is located at the angle, and the first-floor windows to the right are set below the eaves, including a three-light leaded iron casement and a three-light stone mullioned window. The ground floor has a two-light stone mullioned window that has been altered from an earlier four-light window.

On the right return (south), there is an original four-light hollow chamfered mullioned window that has been reset in the gable end, with a renewed five-light window below it. The east front features early 19th-century three-and two-light leaded iron casements on the first floor, while the ground floor has a wooden lintel over a blocked opening on the left and a renewed three-light wooden casement on the right. There is also a stair turret projection with a stair light and three casements to the right of the through passage door.

Inside, there is a jointed cruck truss set in from the south gable end, although the roof space is inaccessible. A framed collar beam truss with a blocked peaked doorframe is located over the kitchen, which has a partition for the through passage. The kitchen fireplace features a bressummer beam and a summer oven, with a renewed head to a former opening that possibly led to a curing chamber, now providing access to the addition behind the stack. The through passage has chamfered joists, and the hall fireplace has a chamfered and stopped wooden lintel. Steep wooden stairs are still in place within the stair turret.