NHER 55953 (Building record) - 43, The Green, formerly The Cock Inn

August 2008. Site Visit.
Exterior
Timber framed house of c.1630 with a central stair bay and full height porch to the south. The returned end stack gables, footings and plinth are constructed of brick, flint and re-used masonry. There are a series of later additions to the north, south and west. The western gable end wall is partially obscured by later additions but the upper gable is of red brick with stepped corbels. The eastern gable wall is again partially obscured by a lean-to addition and vegetation but visible sections are a mixture of brick, flint and re-used masonry rubble. The upper gable is red brick only. Part of the southern façade has been re-faced in brick. The timber frame is otherwise rendered. The owner advised the present concrete roof tiles have replaced black glazed pantiles. The two storey porch on the southern façade was not readily accessible from inside or out in view of the vegetation coverage and condition. The porch has been partly bricked in to prevent collapse.
Interior
There are two cellars which probably relate to the building's era as a public house - marked as Cock Inn on (S1). The western cellar is formed under a later lean-to addition which allows the footings of the western end of the main structure to be seen. These include re-used masonry with roll moulding and both axe-worked and chisel-worked stone. The second cellar is located under the stair bay. The ground floor consists of two similar sized rooms with a central hall/stair bay. The western end fireplace is of brick with bressumer above. The main bridging beam in the western room has no chamfer stops suggesting the possibility it has been reused from elsewhere. The eastern room has a more formal fireplace with a plastered three-centre arch.
The first floor has two rooms off the central stair/landing area. The western bedroom has been subdivided. The timber frame is fully exposed in the eastern bedroom and includes a jowelled corner post and ogee nicked chamfer stops. This room also includes the only original window opening that is currently visible.
The attic floor has been plastered and boarded at the western end to create a small room. The eastern part of the roof is exposed revealing a butt purlin roof with wind braces and ridge purlin.
A. Yardy (HES), 10 August 2011.