Upstairs Room over kitchen

(4.9m x 4.5m)  Open room with fireplace, chimney and exposed truss.  Wood ‘shack’ over stairs. Roof repairs

Retain all beams, roof structure and joists where possible.

Remove plaster to inspect/expose roof structure.

Retain chimney, but may fill in fireplace aperture.

 Dr Alcock suggested that the curious non-authentic truss assembly is possibly C18th repair to prevent the earlier structure from spreading.  He also detected possibility of soot in the roof indicating a hall house with open fire and without the upper floor.

Old stairs to be blocked off and this area with chimney integrated to second room below with new common floor level.

 New stairs in area next to hay loft room.

Second upper Room (front)

(4.5m x 3.0m)  Recent roof repairs, bodged partition

Retain beam structure.

Restore (or remove) dangerously rotten floor at existing level.

Scrap ‘temporary’ partitioning.

Dr Alcock considered the front wall of this upper room to be original, i.e. the oldest part of the building.

The opposite side is hidden by the back wall of the Victorian front room.

With partitioning removed and truss exposed this room becomes part of a larger room joined to the first room above.

Hay Loft (rear)

(4.5m x 4.5m)  Accessible only through hole and needs clearing. Recent roof repairs evident.  

Probably same continuous roof structure as upper room.

Hatch to outside over stable window could be replaced by glazing.  

To be accessed by low door under original cross beam