The Town

The Town is a farmhouse that is believed to date from 1560, with significant alterations and extensions made mainly during the 18th century and mid-19th century, along with some changes in the 20th century. It features a timber-frame structure with wattle-and-daub and some painted brick infill, a sandstone plinth, and roughcast at the rear. The roofs are partly hipped and covered with slate. The building has an irregular plan with two framed bays aligned east to west, which originally had an east gable that is now hipped. There are additions to the north and south that create lean-tos with a catslide roof, and a further extension at the rear to the north. Entrances are located on the north and south sides, with a main central axial stack.

The farmhouse has two storeys, attics, and a cellar. The east front features two 2-light windows in the attic, with two similar windows flanking two closely grouped windows on the first floor. On the ground floor, there are two 3-light casement windows flanking a central 4-light window. The framing is largely intact, although it is enclosed within later additions. Each floor has three square panels, and the upper floor projects slightly forward, displaying fragments of mouldings on the bressummer supported by decorative brackets with pilaster motifs carved on the uprights. The interior includes moulded members on the walls of the main room on the ground floor and the first-floor room above, as well as moulded cross-beamed ceilings.