Mill Farmhouse

Mill Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 16th to 17th centuries, with later casing from the 17th to 18th centuries and extensions from the 19th to 20th centuries. Renovations in 1978 included rebuilding the front wall, re-tiling, and replacing doors, windows, and some timber framing. The timber framing is encased in brick, and there are brick stacks. The plinth and padstones are made from re-used medieval ashlar from Thornton Abbey, and the roof is covered with pantiles.

The building has a plan that consists of three bays of timber frame and two rooms, featuring a large stack and a lobby entry to the second bay on the right side of the center. There is a staircase located behind the stack, a later dairy outshut at the rear, and a front extension to the kitchen on the right. The gable end faces the street, and the house is single storey with an attic, featuring three windows. The plinth has partially-exposed padstones above, including a prominent moulded ashlar block to the right of the entrance. The front has a boarded door with two replacement sash windows containing twenty panes to the left and a small casement window to the right. There are two raking dormers to the left with sliding sashes and lead cheeks, and the gables are brick coped and tumbled. There is an axial stack and an external end stack to the left.

Inside, most of the original pegged oak frame remains, except for the end trusses which have been replaced by brick gables. There are two trusses with arch braces connecting wall posts to tie beams, one pair of intermediate posts in bays one and three, and two pairs in the central bay. A mid-rail is visible at the rear behind the stack. The floor features pine joists supported on oak spine beams and ledges on brackets that are nailed to the inner faces of the wall posts. The roof has clasped purlins with oak collars and pine rafters. A fine chimney made of orange brick includes oak bressumers for the fireplaces. A section of colourwashed mud-and-stud infill, which was originally an external wall, is preserved within the outshut.

Mill Farmhouse is a rare example of a timber-framed Lincolnshire yeoman's farmhouse.