Eastfields

Eastfields is a house dating from the early 16th century, which was remodeled in the 18th century and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of limestone rubble and features a clay plain tile roof with gabled ends, along with red brick axial and gable-end stacks. The original plan consists of three rooms and a cross or through-passage, with the high end located to the left and originally partly open to the roof. The 18th-century remodeling involved raising and reconstructing the roof, inserting floors, and adding a chimney stack in the cross or through-passage that provided back-to-back fireplaces for heating the hall and the lower right room, creating a lobby at the front. In the 19th century, an outshut was added to the rear, and in the 20th century, a tall two-storey extension was built on the rear left.

The exterior features a one-storey and attic structure with an asymmetrical three-window south front. This includes three-light casements on the left, a four-light casement on the right, and a plank door to the right of centre. There are also two two-light attic casements in small gables, each with segmental brick arches above the windows. The rear has a single-storey stone rubble outshut with a corrugated-iron lean-to roof, alongside the tall 20th-century two-storey flat roof addition on the right.

Inside, the right room has a boxed-in cross-beam and slightly chamfered joists, with a blocked fireplace that features a 20th-century fireplace and a deeply-chamfered truncated beam above it. The former hall has unchamfered joists and a large fireplace with a chamfered timber bressumer that has run-out stops, along with a deeply chamfered beam above and a Georgian cupboard to the right with a panelled door. A portion of the plank-and-muntin screen remains between the former hall and the inner room on the left. A 20th-century staircase is located at the rear of the inner room. The roof structure consists of four bays with two tiers of tenoned purlins, a diagonally trenched ridgepiece, and intact common rafters. The truss over the hall appears slightly smoke-blackened but has been truncated, with a small collar and king-post replacing the apex of the truss. This building is a notable example of 18th-century remodeling of a small late Medieval house, contributing significantly to the architectural character of the village centre.