Beale's House

Beale’s House is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is constructed of coursed rubble with a triple Roman tile roof and brick ridge stacks. Originally thought to be an open hall house, it was later altered to a 3-unit and cross-passage plan, with a further wing added at a right angle to the rear. The house faces the road at a right angle, and is single-storey with attics, comprising three bays. The bays to the first floor each have a front-facing gable with copings and bases for finials. The windows are predominantly 2-light casements with cast-iron frames, except for a 4-light wooden mullioned window on the right-hand side of the ground floor. Each window opening has a wooden lintol with a stopped label. The central doorway has a chamfered dressed stone surround and a 6-panelled door, the top four panels being glazed. A single-storey out-shut is located on the left return. A boundary wall runs at a right angle to the right return, approximately 10 metres long and 1 metre high, with dressed stone coping that ramps up to each end. Adjacent to the house is a pair of gate piers and an 18th-century wrought-iron gate with spear capping.