Olde Manor Cottages, Bearsted

Another in the (very) occasional series of Bearsted's old buildings. I really ought to tag these so I can call them all up in one go (I really ought to go back and tag all my shots)

Olde Manor Cottages which face south on to Bearsted Village Green were once a single house but were turned into cottages in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.. They are built of close-studded timber
framing with plaster infilling, brick ground floor to front
elevation and plain tile roof. The original house had a central hall and two cross wings can be seen in this shot.

The left wing (known as The Old Manor House) is mid 16th century, two storeys with underbuilt jetty and hipped roof with gablet. The central section (No. 1 Olde Manor Cottages) is 15th century, 1½ storeys with sweeping steeply-pitched roof with 1½ timber framed bays. The right wing (No. 2 Olde Manor Cottages) is 2 storeys with a garret and has 5 timber framed bays (not all visible) with the front 2 bays early 17th century and the rear much earlier.

We had most of the day to ourselves today. Barbara and David were doing things up with Doreen, going to the tip, visiting shops, repairing leaking tanks, while we went to the dry, ailing allotment and later for a walk around the golf course. Later they all came round for a last meal before B and D set off for the Lakes to visit some friends in Keswick en route for Edinburgh.