Oak Farm House

Oak Farm House is a farmhouse, dating to the late 17th century with an 18th-century addition (dated 1725 on a datestone) and further 19th and 20th-century additions and alterations. The building has a timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, and English garden wall bond brick, covered by a slate roof. It has a T-shaped plan; the original late 17th-century section forms the downstroke of the ‘T’, while the cross stroke divides into an early 18th-century section on the left and a 19th and 20th-century section on the right.

The north-east gable end, representing the late 17th-century portion, features three cells by two cells of small timber framing with angle braces and V and angle-struts to the gable. A gabled porch was added in the 19th century to the ground floor. The south-east front has a stone and brick plinth. This elevation shows eight cells by three cells of small timber framing, with angle braces to the right-hand corner and either side of the second upright from the left. There are single-light and three-light 20th-century casement windows, a single-light mezzanine stair window, and a 19th-century three-light dormer window. To the left, the north-eastern face of the 1725 wing has two cambered-headed windows; the right-hand one is now blocked, and the left-hand one has three 18th-century casement lights. The first floor has a three-light 18th-century casement window to the left, with the datestone to the right. The entire wall is currently painted to simulate timber framing. The north-west face of the 17th-century wing displays eight cells by two cells of small timber framing with 19th-century windows.

Inside, the parlour ceiling has stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and small timber framing to the internal walls. The trusses include angle braces, and there is wind bracing.