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have ‘step stops’ carving at
the ends. These were in fashion in the early 1500s,
which put the house around the end of the reign of Henry
VIII - the Tudor period. Hence the naming of the Tudor
and Oak Suites.
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As can be seen from the photo, the
building is L-shaped and was, up to around 1900, three small
houses (referred to in old documents, as tenements). In
early days it was common for quite large families to live in
‘one up, one down’ tenements and remnants of straw
from the mattresses have been found.
Over the years the original wattle and
daub infill between the oak wall beams has been replaced by
modern materials, although some of the original can be seen on
some internal walls. Likewise, brick may not have been
available when the building was put up and it is possible that
smoke was carried out via daub stacks through a thatched roof.
Light and ventilation (to clear the smoke!) was by glass-less
mullion windows with sliding shutters (wind-doors) and the
diamond holes and shutter grooves are clearly visible above
several of the modern windows. One still has the original
mullions. Candle burns are clearly visible around the
wall beams in the Oak Suite.
In around 1960 the building is recorded
as two houses - Church View and Hill Cottage.
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This picture shows the house (at the
right with 3 front doors) and the Red Lion Inn, now a garage
and filling station.
