Upper Limebrook Farmhouse

Upper Limebrook Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, likely dating from the 15th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 16th century, and restored in the late 20th century. It is timber-framed with rendered infill set on a rubble base, topped with a stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses and featuring a dressed rubble stack on the north side of the ridge. The building is a cruck hall-house with three framed bays arranged east to west, including a through-passage and an inserted rubble chimney in the central bay. A west wing was added in the 16th century but has since been demolished. The structure has two storeys, likely divided into two storeys during the 16th century. The framing includes a full cruck truss with an exposed collar at the east end, three panels from the sill to the wall-plate, and an additional row of panels on the south side where the roof pitch has been altered. There is a 16th-century collar and tie-beam truss with struts at the west end.

The windows are all 20th-century leaded casements, with plank weatherings on the ground floor. The south front elevation features seven ground floor two-light windows and eight first floor two-light windows. The entrance, located to the right of the central bay, has a partly-glazed 20th-century door, while the main entrance is at the rear of the central bay.

Inside, two intermediate cruck trusses remain; the westernmost has an arch-braced collar and a cusped V-strut. There are two rows of large square panels at the base of the easternmost truss, with short solid upper corner braces. The roof consists of two tiers of purlins and three tiers of cusped wind-braces. The outer bays are floored, and there is a large fireplace in the west bay. Additionally, some 17th-century panelling is recorded to be present.