Building record 1286804000 - THE FRIARY, WELL END

Grade II. House. Late C16-C17, altered, with C20 extensions to far end. Right side and rear gable are timber framed with whitewashed brick and render infill; left side and front gable are roughcast and whitewashed, the front with painted timbering. Old tile roof, rebuilt brick chimney to left side of front bay. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Front gable has C20 leaded casements, single light to ground floor and cross casement above. Right side is irregular, with blind bay to left, off-centre C20 board door and C20 3-light leaded casement, and 2 C20 rectangular bay windows with wooden lights to right. 2 gabled dormers to right with wooden casements. Extensions to far end are half-timbered. Interior has timber framing with curved wall braces and wind braces. Irregular floor joists, the front bay with stop-chamfered joists and jewel-stop to heavy chamfered spine. Heavy joists in second bay. Upper room at far end has one long irregularly curving brace from floor to purlin, similar to a slight cruck (B1).