The Vauld Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Probably of the 16th century. The farmhouse is timber-framed with brick infill, four panels high, and has a brick rear elevation, with slate roofs. It features an end stack to the left and a large ridge stack to the right of the center range. The building has a U-plan, with wings projecting north-west on either side of the two-bay center range. It is two stories high with attics.

The north-west elevation is nearly symmetrical. The cross-wings each have jettied first floors, with the right wing projecting from a molded bressummer. Angle struts run from posts to ties and a wall-plate are visible. The left wing has a late 19th-century three-light casement to the ground floor; a similar window to the left side of the first floor, with a single-light 20th-century window to the right. The main range has a tall staircase to the first-floor door on the right-hand side; a mid-19th-century three-light iron casement to the left of the center, and a two-light mid-19th-century iron casement to the left side of the first floor. A mid-20th century tiled porch is present, with a four-light mullioned window and beaded door on its right-hand side. The right wing has a gable, unlike the left wing, with V-struts from the collar. The ground floor has a late 20th-century single-light window to the left, and a contemporary ledged stable door to the right. The first floor has two sets of late 20th-century four-light casements with diagonal saltire cross glazing bars. A late 20th-century attic light sits between the V-struts at the gable apex.

The interior of the principal ground floor room in the main range features a stone flagged floor and deeply chamfered beams dividing the ceiling into nine panels. The right service wing is divided longitudinally, and the left wing is divided laterally. A winding dog-leg staircase rises through the left wing at its junction with the main range. A blocked triangular-headed entrance door to the right-hand wing is masked by the tall staircase.