Hampson's Farmhouse

Hampson’s Farmhouse, now a house, dates to the 17th century, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries, and an attached cottage from the 18th century. The farmhouse is constructed of coursed thin sandstone rubble, with brick detailing and a stone slate roof with gable chimneys. It originally had a two-bay end-baffle-entry plan, although the entrance has been moved. A single-bay extension was added to the rear of the first bay, and a single-bay cottage is attached to the left end. The farmhouse was originally one-and-a-half storeys, later raised to two low storeys with the addition of 12 courses of brick. A former doorway on the left end is now blocked, with a more recent entrance inserted to the left of centre. New windows have been added to the left and right of the entrance, all featuring large rectangular stone lintels. The brick section of the wall above has two 2-light sliding sash windows. The right gable wall indicates the line of an earlier, steeper roof, with a blocked window opening in the old gable. The rear elevation includes a 3-light sliding sash window to the second bay, but is mostly obscured by a wide 19th-century extension. The attached cottage is constructed of coursed squared stone, with a board door to the left and damaged 3-light sliding sashes on each floor. The rear wall of the cottage is largely of thin sandstone rubble but finished with squared sandstone, containing a 2-light sliding sash with glazing bars at first floor level, and a small stairlight. Inside the farmhouse, the first bay contains an inglenook with a stone heck, a straight oak bressummer with a cyma-stopped chamfer, and a lateral beam with a deep rounded chamfer. A timber-framed partition wall to the service end has a studded board door, with a nicked head leading to a pantry. A staircase is situated between this partition wall and the front wall, with a blocked former doorway to the parlour similar to the first bay. The parlour features a lateral beam with a stopped deep chamfer. The first floor includes a wattle-and-daub smoke hood, a partition wall incorporating an original collar truss with a framed-in doorway (now blocked), and a batten and board door that has been re-hung. Despite alterations to the exterior, the farmhouse remains a good example of a small 17th-century farmhouse.