Church Farmhouse

Church Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations and extensions in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The house is cruck-framed, with close-studded side walls, some infilled with brick on a stone plinth, and a thatched roof that has been partially replaced with corrugated sheeting. It comprises a two-storey, two-bay main range, a partial outshut to the north, and a one-storey and attic, one-bay wing to the west.

The south side of the main range shows an exposed left corner post and an incomplete mid-floor rail below the studding. There is a 20th-century glazed door in the centre, with a three-light casement and a two-light window with twelve panes to its left; other windows are two-light casements with twelve panes. The eaves have a boarded soffit, and there are brick stacks at the right corner and in front of the ridge on the left. The wing to the left is set back and exhibits square framing with a three-light, wooden-mullioned window and an end stack.

On the north side, there is an outshut on the left, with close studding to the first floor of the main range. Two doorways and two windows on each floor are present, along with two inserted roof dormers. The wing to the right has exposed framing and a two-light casement to the left of a doorway. The left return of the main range displays an exposed cruck frame, with spurs to the corner posts and some stud infill. The right return has been rebuilt in brick and features two sixteen-pane sashes below a twenty-pane sash.

Inside, there are two cruck frames with substantial timbers. The central room has a floor from the 17th century, with a wooden bressumer and heck post to the fireplace, as well as a chamfered spine beam and joists with run-out stops, the stops on the spine beam repeated in the passage to the east. The east room contains 16th-century ceiling joists resting on a transverse beam and reset at a higher level in the 17th century, with a stud partition creating a division. The first floor has lime-ash floors. Crucks are exposed, but the apex is not visible, featuring curved wind braces. The west wing has a cranked tie beam and cruck-like principals with crossed apexes. The building has been fully described and interpreted in other publications.