Hollyhedge Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, it is timber framed with rendered infill and a plain and fishscale tile roof. The building has a slightly projecting gabled wing to the right, with a stone plinth common to the whole structure. The right wing exhibits 9 x 2 cells of small framing to each floor, featuring a 3-light ovolo moulded casement window at the centre of each floor. The first floor of this wing is jettied, with an ovolo-moulded bressumer and decorative brackets, and decorative framing to the gable. To the left of this wing, the main body of the house displays 19 x 4 cells of small framing. A 19th or 20th-century gabled timber framed porch is located in the re-entrant angle, and to the left of this, two 3-light ground floor windows are present. The first floor of the main body has three 3-light windows. All windows on the front elevation are 20th-century replacements with mullioned ovolo-moulded surrounds. The roof has alternating bands of plain and fishscale tiles, and there are two massive 20th-century chimney stacks to the ridge of the right-hand wing and the main ridge. The rear elevation has a gabled portion to the far left, flush with the main body, but distinguished by jowled corner posts, with 8 x 4 cells of small framing between them. This gabled portion is jettied, with an ovolo-moulded bressumer and small framing to the gable. The ground and first floor windows are of three lights. To the right of the gabled portion there are 20 x 4 cells of small framing, with a 3-light and a 4-light ground floor window at the left and right respectively, and a similar arrangement to the first floor, where a 6-panel 19th or 20th-century door is located between the windows at ground floor level. The interior ground floor features massive beams with ovolo mouldings and ogee stops, supported on deeply carved brackets. There are small-framed dividing walls between rooms and to the staircase well. The sitting room contains an ingle nook fireplace with one ashlar side wall. Original 17th-century doors with run-through panelling are found on the ground floor. The first floor has heavy chamfered beams supported on brackets, and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The house was heavily restored early in the 20th century, but the timber frame remained largely untouched.