Chimballs (EHER 38160)

Early to mid 17th century timber-framed house.

House of the early to mid 17th century. It is timber-framed and plastered with a very steep half hipped peg tiled roof. It is a typical lobby entry house with two rooms on each floor. The house is of two storeys but with a 20th century peg tiled gabled extension on north end. There is a hipped peg tile roofed brewhouse on south end with very tall end stack, a central rectangular ridge line stack, and continuous rear catslide lean-to and gabled dormer. It has a 20th century peg tile roofed enclosed porch and 20th century casements. There is one spine beam is offset for the stack and has elaborate baluster ornament on soffit at abutment. The house also has an inglenook stack with cambered tie beam, unjowled posts, and straight wall bracing interrupting studs. <1> See: <2>