Little Hautbois - The Adam and Eve

The Adam and Eve

Little Hautbois had a public house, the Adam and Eve, until the middle of the twentieth century. During the Second World War, it was a popular drinking-place for personnel of the nearby RAF Coltishall airfield. Today, the Adam and Eve is a private house, but the house's past is preserved in its name of Adam and Eve House. The remains of a pub sign-board are visible beside the front gate of the house's large gravel forecourt. Adam and Eve House has a fine three-bay frontage, the upper floor being lit by three dormer windows. The brick is diapered in a simple chequerboard pattern. Adam and Eve House was built in the 18th century as a farmhouse, extended by the addition of a lower, two-storey wing in the nineteenth century. Twentieth century alterations saw the addition of a garage and the rearrangement of windows in the lower block. It was originally thatched, as was the barn (now converted into a house called Eden Cottage) beside it. The roof of the house was replaced with pantiles in the twentieth century after a fire seriously damaged the barn.