Greenlooms

Greenlooms is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century, with extensions added soon after and re-walling completed in the early 18th century. The building features a combination of timber framing and washed brick on a sandstone plinth, topped with a slate roof and two large brick chimneys. It has a two-room layout that forms an L-shape, with one storey and an attic, and a three-bay front. There is a plain band at the first floor level. The end bays contain two-light wooden casements, with the upper ones set in gabled half dormers. A near-central four-board door is located behind a flimsy porch. At the rear, there is a wing that displays small timber framing and has two small-pane iron casements, along with a large domed brick oven against the rear wall.

Inside, the entry leads into a hall featuring an inglenook fireplace. There are openings for spice cupboards behind brick structures, likely cheese ovens, flanking the fireplace. The partition wall is adorned with oak wainscotting topped with Jacobean carving. Two six-panelled doors with reeded rails provide access to rooms separated by a timber-framed partition. A winding stair with an octagonal newel is positioned against the fireplace, allowing access to the two wings, with pierced balusters at the top. The roof trusses consist of a tie beam, two diagonal struts, and wind-braced purlins. The rear kitchen contains another inglenook fireplace, which features a chamfered bressumer and a ceiling beam.