Wealden House

Wealden House
♦ Now known to be of wider distribution than Kent. A house with open hall between two-storeyed blocks, the roof with continuous eaves, the deeper projection over the hall being supported by curved braces from the jettied end chambers.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 416)

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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