Great Parton Farmhouse

Great Parton Farmhouse is an early 17th-century farmhouse, extended in the early 18th century and altered in the mid-19th century. The farmhouse is partly timber-framed with brick infill on a rubble base, with some brick refacing and coursed rubble walling. It has a stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses with gable-end parapets, kneelers, and tumbled brickwork to the 18th-century part. Brick ridge stacks, rebuilt in the late 20th century, and a brick stack to the northwest of the main roof are present.

The original farmhouse is L-shaped, consisting of a two-bay main range aligned north/south with an external chimney at the south end, and a single-bay northeast wing. An 18th-century T-plan addition was built at the south gable end, enclosing the chimney and forming a lobby entrance at the centre of the east front. The farmhouse has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar. It features a chamfered plinth and a three-course band at first-floor level. The original part has exposed three and four rows of square panels at first-floor level. The northeast wing has decorative concave lozenge detail at its gable end.

Inside the original part, there are chamfered main ceiling beams, and a central chimney with back-to-back fireplaces, along with two early 18th-century fireplaces. The east front has windows with cambered brick heads. The central range features a ground-floor and two first-floor three-light casements, with a four-light casement inserted into a smaller opening in the left ground floor bay. A gabled timber porch shelters the central entrance, which has a six-panelled door. The 18th-century wing has a ground-floor mullioned-and-transomed window at its gable end. A similar window on the first floor is now blocked and painted over, and another first-floor window is located in the angle with the main range. The original wing to the right has a rectangular light on the ground floor. A 19th-century lean-to addition to the left angle has aledged and battened door, concealing a blocked window opening and two blocked doorways. A similar lean-to addition to the right angle has been removed.