Lower House Farmhouse

Lower House Farmhouse is an early 17th-century farmhouse, with alterations from the early 19th and early 20th centuries. It is timber-framed with rendered infill, set on a plinth of coursed rubble, and has a roof of graduated stone tiles. The building is arranged in an L-shape, with a cross-wing extending to the north and another range to the west. A main stack is located axially in the subsidiary range, constructed of rubble with a brick shaft. The south front is dominated by the two-storey cross-wing on the right, which is jettied to the upper floor and has a gable-lit attic. To the left of the cross-wing is a two-storey range, featuring a two-light casement window on the first floor and a three-light casement window on the ground floor, alongside a 17th-century boarded entrance door. The timber framing is arranged in two square panels high on the ground floor, and one square panel high above the jetty, with straight angle braces. The gable truss features two struts to the collar and V-struts to the apex. Corner posts have pendant bosses below the jetty. Inside, there are exposed beams with chamfered and stopped spine beams with run-out stops.