Weffells (EHER 35813)

Weffells is a mid-16th-century timber-framed house, listed at Grade II. It is a late example of a small two bay 'open hall' with later inserted floor and parlour/solar cross wing

House of the mid 16th century. It is timber-framed with 20th century pargetted plaster and gabled peg tile roofs. It is of two storeys throughout with gabled cross wing on south end with jetty. The house has a ridgeline chimney stack over "hall" block and small stack against south flank of cross wing. The windows are small pane 20th century casements and the cross wing has 19th century bargeboards. It is a late example of a small two bay "open hall" with later inserted floor and parlour/solar cross wing. The roofs on one side purlin with clasped purlins, wind bracings and soot-blackened rafters raised arch braced collar roof over hall. The wall bracing is serpentine in form, of great thickness and interrupts the studwork. An external door opening, at first floor probably gave access to former gard-o-robe at rear. One original ovolo mullioned window survives on south flank. Cross wing was formerly jettied at rear. <1> NRHE data transfer: See also <2>.