Fairfield Cottage (EHER 34329)

An early 17th century and later timber framed house, altered in the 18th and 20th century. It is plastered, and roofed with handmade red clay tiles at front, and interlocking concrete tiles at the rear. There are three bays facing S with stack in middle bay, behind axis. There is a 20th century single-storey extension to rear, with outshuts on each aide, forming catslides with the main roof. The building is one storey with attics.

Listed building description An early 17th century and later timber framed house, altered in the 18th and 20th century. It is plastered, and roofed with handmade red clay tiles at front, and interlocking concrete tiles at the rear. There are three bays facing S with stack in middle bay, behind axis. There is a 20th century single-storey extension to rear, with outshuts on each aide, forming catslides with the main roof. The building is one storey with attics. The studs forming the rear wall of the main range have a good series of chisel-cut carpenter's assembly marks; they are more widely spaced in the right bay than elsewhere, suggesting that the right outshut may be original. The stack is set back, originally forming a lobby-entrance, now blocked; probably the original stair was in front of it. The chamfered axial beams are on half-height jowls. In the right bay the beam is unstopped, and the joists are of horizontal section; moot of them are chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, with come plain replacements. In the left bay the beam is chamfered with lamb's tongue and notch stops, and all the joists have lamb's tongue stops. He building has two large wood-burning hearths. <1> <2>