Thorpe Farmhouse

Thorpe Farmhouse is a farmhouse with an attached bakehouse, dating back to approximately 1670, with later work from the mid-18th century, around 1820, and the 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of brick, primarily stock brick and red brick, with slate roofs featuring brick coped gables with kneelers. A large ridge stack and a projecting gable stack are also present. The building is arranged in an L-shape, with a two-storey porch in the re-entrant angle and a projecting staircase bay to the rear. A 20th-century covered passage connects to a mid-18th century bakehouse.

The west front, originally four bays, was encased in stock brick and remodelled in the 19th century. A projecting porch on the left features a semi-circular headed doorway with an inner fanlight and double panelled doors. The ground floor has plain sash windows with glazing bars, and a projecting bay to the left has a further sash window in the return wall. The first floor includes a small bathroom window. The south return wall showcases red brick construction from the 17th century, with a plinth, first and second-floor bands, and a projecting stack with moulded brick quoins on the stack and outer corners.

A 17th-century red brick staircase bay projects to the rear, featuring moulded brick quoins and two brick pilasters flanking a small cellar with a 2-light casement window. A 19th-century semi-circular headed sash window illuminates the staircase. The 20th-century covered passage leads to the attached 18th-century bakehouse, which is single-storey with a garret and two bays, featuring a doorway with a plank door and a 3-light sliding sash window, both with segmental heads.

The interior of the farmhouse includes a kitchen with a chamfered beam with ogee and roll moulded triangular stops. The rest of the interior dates to around 1820. Original doorways and fireplaces retain delicate reeded architraves and panelled doors. A two-flight staircase has carved tread ends, plain balusters, and a moulded handrail. The landing features two openwork and reeded segmental headed archways, and the upstairs passageways have painted panelling with narrow, raised panels. The exterior red brickwork is characteristic of the Fen Artisan Mannerist style. A recent crack in the north range gable end has revealed possible timber framing within the brick casing.