Building record 1071300000 - OLD CENTURY COTTAGE, MAIN ST

Grade II. Cottage. C17. Timber framed. Gable end to road has whitewashed rubble stone base, stone and brick infill to frame above. Entrance front to S. rendered with studding. Thatched roof, stack to street gable. One-and-a-half storeys, two bays. Paired barred metal casements to ground floor. First floor has paired casement to left, half-leaded, and single leaded casement to right, both under thatch eyebrows. Barred glazed C20 door to left of centre. Lower extension set back to left is rendered with thatch roof and C20 openings. Barred C20 casements to rear (B1).
A small 2-bay rural cottage built probably in the mid to late 16th century. Of the original structure, two framed trusses survive, the elements of which indicate that they are built within the cruck tradition, although in neither case can they be described as true crucks. This would indicate a date in the mid-late 16th century for the primary construction. The fact that the tradition is vitiated by tie beams over the plates suggest that it is not much earlier. The western extension probably dates to the later 17th century (B2).