A former building of mud and stud construction may have been entirely demolished from the 18th and 19th century prior to it being rebuilt. The exact location is uncertain. It was of one storey with an attic beneath a thatched roof, and the demolition revealed a mud and stud construction on a timber framework in two unequal bays. The timbers of the main framework were roughly squared to 8 by 8 feet and the joints were secured with three nails. The tiebeam between the two bays was joined at either end to the wall plates by a shallow dovetail joint and the pairs of rafters were mortised into the wallplates. The building measured 15 by 20 feet externally and had two rooms 6 feet 9 ins by 11 feet 8 ins wide separated by 7 feet mud and stud partition. The studs had been fired to the timber substructure by iron nails and represent a partial re-building of an earlier timber structure. The southern facade facing the village street had been rebuilt in about 1800 in brick. To the east the building adjoined a mid 19th century two storey brick house which is now being extended over the cleared site. {1}