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ChasnotRobert
One thing I imagine could be the case
Those timber frames that have been painted with impermeable black paint to appear "traditional" have held onto moisture for years and are actually so rotten inside you could poke them with your finger.
Coupled with the heavy random stone work used to fill in the panels instead of a lighter wattle and daub that may have been there originally now puts it structurally at risk of collapsing.
Or you're plagued by damp issues for years due to the interior walls being "tanked " with modern cement render instead of lime. And you get so pissed off you pay someone to reskim and paint and sell it on to the next fecker cursing traditional houses as you leave
Of course this may not be accurate to this house. You might get a professional survey from a specialist in period homes and they give it a clean bill of health. But I wouldn't go near it until I did.
I like the roof!