Bloomhills Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Possibly dating back to the 17th century, it may have been remodelled at this time, with further alterations in the 18th and late 19th centuries. The main structure is timber-framed and faced with Flemish bond red brick, with the south gable rendered. The roof is covered with machine tiles and has tile-coped gable ends. Brick stacks are located on the axial and gable ends.

The original layout was a three-room and cross-passage plan, with the lower room to the left (north) and the parlour to the right, both heated by gable end stacks. The hall had an axial stack backing onto the cross-passage. Behind the lower left room is an unheated room (formerly a dairy), leading to the back kitchen with a gable end fireplace.

The exterior has a symmetrical appearance with a four-window frontage, although the front door is set further to the left. There are 19th-century three-light casement windows with horizontal glazing bars, segmental brick arches, and ramped brick sills. The front doorway is set within a moulded wooden doorcase with a flat canopy supported on shaped brackets, and features a panelled and glazed door. The rear has various casement windows, some with glazing bars.

Inside, the left (north) room and cross-passage feature ovolo-moulded axial beams with convex stops and notches. The central room (hall) has a deeply chamfered axial beam with cyma stops and a large fireplace, which incorporates a 19th-century chimneypiece and cupboards. The right-hand room (parlour) has a boxed-in axial beam and panelled cupboards either side of the fireplace, featuring elliptical arches and fielded panel doors. In the rear wing, a former doorway has a stopped chamfer axial beam, and the chamber above has a lime floor. The back kitchen has a large fireplace with a chamfered bressumer supported at one end by an iron column, and incorporating a moulded shelf. Original 18th and 19th century panelled and plank doors, and a staircase with stick balusters and bulbous newel posts are present. Two roof trusses in the main range and one in the rear wing feature roughly-hewn, slightly curved principals, crossed and pegged at the apex and set on tie-beams, described as a form of upper-cruck.