Home Farmhouse Skipwith House

Home Farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, was originally built in the mid-18th century, with later additions from the late 18th to early 19th centuries to the south. The property underwent subdivision in the 19th to 20th centuries and has seen unsympathetic alterations to the west front. It is constructed of yellow-brown brick in Flemish bond, featuring scored pointing on the east front (Skipwith House), while the north gable end and west front (Home Farmhouse) are cement rendered. The east front has a pantile roof, while the west front has a concrete tile roof.

The house has a double-depth plan, with a central entrance hall flanked by two rooms on both the east and west fronts, and a single-room addition to the south. The east front is two storeys high and has five bays, presenting a symmetrical appearance with a lower two-storey, two-bay addition set back to the left. A flat-roofed wooden porch, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, covers the original 18th-century door, which features inserted 19th-century glazing over two fielded panels and a three-pane overlight. The windows are primarily 12-pane sashes set in flush wooden architraves, with sills beneath stucco flat arches, although most are 20th-century replacements. There is a three-course brick band at the first floor, which is mutilated at the far right where a former addition once stood. The roof features a double-span design with stone-coped gables and shaped kneelers, along with corniced end stacks. The left addition includes twin full-height basket-arched panels with similar sashes on both floors and a stone-coped gable.

The west front has been altered with 20th-century doors and windows but retains a similar brick eaves cornice, gable details, and end stacks. Inside Skipwith House, there is an original open-well staircase with a ramped and wreathed corniced handrail, column-on-vase balusters, and newel posts with round knobs, along with profiled cheek-pieces. A round-headed alcove cupboard on the ground floor left features beaded-panel doors in a reeded architrave. Throughout, there are fielded-panel shutters and six-fielded-panel doors in architraves, some with L and H hinges. The interior of Home Farmhouse has been altered in the 20th century. The adjoining ranges to the south are not of special interest.