Winsley House

Winsley House is a farmhouse with a complex history, dating back to the 14th century. The original core of the building is located in the northwest section, which was substantially rebuilt in the early 16th century, with further extensions added in the early 17th century. In the late 18th century, the north and west facades were rebuilt or refaced in brick, and the eastern wing was extended. Further alterations occurred in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.

The construction is a mix of coursed sandstone rubble, timber-framed sections with rendered infill, brick refacing, and tile-hanging, all under machine-tiled and corrugated iron roofs with brick ridge stacks. The original 14th-century section lies to the northwest, while the southern and eastern wings were rebuilt in the early 16th century, with a porch added at that time. The south wing was extended in the early 18th century to create an L-shaped plan.

The house is two storeys and has an attic. The ground floor of the main part has been rebuilt in stone. The first floor has close-set studding and is jettied on moulded bressummers. Gables are also jettied on moulded bressummers and supported by shaped brackets, with collar and tie-beam trusses incorporating close-set struts. One east gable features a moulded and embattled bressummer. The porch wing has bargeboards carved with a defaced inscription in early 16th-century capitals, reading "[Per signum tau] libera nos Jeesu."

The north front has five bays, topped by a gable with a parapet. Windows throughout have gauged flat heads and have been replaced with 20th-century cross-casements. A blind lunette is located in the gable. A central entrance features an open pediment, engaged columns, a half-glazed door, and a plain fanlight. To the right of the five-bay section, the brick refacing continues, incorporating a two-story canted bay window with 20th-century cross-casements. The wall ends with brick quoins and connects to the gable end of the intersecting west wing, which has a 20th-century 3-light casement window on the ground floor.

Internally, the 14th-century core is believed to have an open roof with three bays, featuring collar and tie-beam trusses with central struts and cusped wind braces. The kitchen has an early 16th-century ceiling divided into panels by moulded beams. A room in the south wing contains a late 16th-century plaster panel in the ceiling displaying a fleur-de-lis, roses, and cherub heads. Other rooms contain exposed ceiling beams. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.