'There are considerable remains of the original roof of five bays, including three of the four principal trusses. The eastern end-post is missing, but the two first and the fourth principals have octagonal king-posts with moulded bases and square, moulded caps. The king-posts have four-way braces to the collars and the central purlin, and above the main collar they are carried up to the apex of the roof, stiffened by two intermediate collars. The braces to the central purlin are moulded, and the moulding is carried along the purlin. There are braces also to the main collar-beams and the principal rafters. What is now the first floor was originally open to the roof and presumably had an open hearth, the older timbers to the roof being thickly smoke blackened.'