This Grade II listed building was originally a 2-storey timber framed structure dating probably from the C16 but clad in the C17. Until the refurbishment it was used as a garage and garden store and the early garden had been allowed to deteriorate. The project was to convert the structure back into a house. Externally, walls and planting were adjusted and paths were provided to give the house a proper setting.
Repairs were needed to the timber frame and some floors had to be replaced or strengthened. Very few alterations indeed were made externally; principal amongst which being the rebuilding of the lateral south chimney stack after the walls had been underpinned. Minimal stone renewals were undertaken; the garage doors in the north elevation were taken out and rebuilt as the piers either side had been over-loaded. Existing windows and blocked up openings were re-glazed in leaded lights whilst those in the wing were plain glazed. Extensive use of the existing oak panelling was made and high quality of joinery work achieved.
The project was completed in 1993
Contractor: Wm Anelay
