The Old Farmhouse

The Old Farmhouse is a historic farmhouse, now a single dwelling, likely dating back to the 16th century. It was expanded in the early 17th century, substantially rebuilt in the late 18th century, and restored in the late 20th century. The construction is a mix of timber framing with painted brick and rendered infill, a rubble base, some painted rubble and brick replacement walling, and sandstone rubble with brick dressings, all under slate roofs. Originally featuring a hall and cross-wing layout, the hall section runs north-east to south-west with a large chimney at the south-west end. The cross-wing was added to the north-east end and has a large external rubble chimney on its south-west side, with two diagonal brick stacks added during the late 18th-century rebuilding. The house was divided into two dwellings in the 19th century.

The building is two storeys with an attic and cellar. The cross-wing exhibits timber framing with two rows of square panels per storey, featuring diagonal struts forming diaper patterns at the gable ends and a staggered chevron design on the north-east side. Both upper floors are slightly jettied at the gable ends on moulded bressummers with run-out stop chamfers, a detail repeated internally, as well as moulded corbels. The north-west gable contains a collar and tie-beam truss with two collars, eight struts to the lower collar, four ornamental cusped braces, four struts to the upper collar and concave cusped bracing in the apex. The south-east truss was largely replaced. The windows are mainly 18th-century leaded casements.

The north-west front has a 2-light ground floor window with a cambered head, a gabled half-dormer with a 2-light window, and a four-panelled door. A 19th-century brick stack is situated on the right side of the roof pitch. The gable-end of the cross-wing features a 3-light and a 2-light ground floor window, a 4-light first floor window, and a 20th-century attic light. The external chimney on the south-east elevation bears the inscription "John Lychmore/June 10 1779" incised on a chamfered corner section. A 20th-century half-glazed lean-to addition adjoins the south-east elevation of the hall.

The interior retains flagstone floors, some original doors, main ceiling beams and fireplace lintels with run-out stop chamfers, mirroring the external bressummers.