Combs Hall Farmhouse

Combs Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse likely dating from the mid-17th century, before 1661. It is constructed of ashlar stone, with some parts rendered, and has a stone slate roof with chamfered gable copings. The property features two ashlar gable stacks, both reduced in height, with one on a broad, projecting chimney breast.

The two-gabled facade has a central ornamental lead rainwater head dated 1661. There are blocked single-light openings in each apex. The central doorway is Tudor arched, and flanked by a four-light, double-chamfered window on each side and a double-chamfered, four-light window to the first floor right. A pair of two-light, double-chamfered windows are located on the first floor left. A large, blocked square opening is positioned above the front door. A string course runs above both the ground and first floors. The rear elevation features two three-light windows and a single five-light window at the first floor level, all double-chamfered. A round-arched fire-window is located on the right-hand gable, at first-floor level.

Inside, a wide, shallow arched, moulded fireplace is found in the left room, corresponding to the projecting stack. The interior also features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, along with a central staircase characterized by flat, vertically symmetrical, bulbous balusters with incised decoration. The building is described in Nikolaus Pevsner’s The Buildings of England (1967).