Church Farmhouse And Attached Ciderhouse

Church Farmhouse, now a house, is probably of early 17th-century origin with a late 18th-century extension and late 20th-century restoration and alterations. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with a timber-frame featuring plaster and brick infill, covered by a Welsh slate roof. There are stone and brick stacks, and a sandstone rubble bakehouse wing is located at the rear of the north end. The building’s plan, likely originally with a through-passage, includes two-bay wings projecting south-eastwards, a ciderhouse attached to the south-west, and the bakehouse wing to the rear.

The house has a cellar and two storeys. The south-east elevation has a 1:1:1 window arrangement; 3-light casements are in the gable fronts. The centre part features a 4-light and a 5-light casement to the ground floor and a 5-light casement to the first floor. A former front entry has been blocked, and there are two doorways at the rear. The timber frame exhibits four panels between cills and wall-plates, with square and regular construction—angle struts run from corner posts to ties and wall-plates, and the gables have overlapping parallel struts.

Inside, the principal ground floor room has deeply chamfered beams that divide the ceiling into nine regular panels. A massive central fireplace is present with a chamfered oak lintol, and a ledged door leads to a first-floor room.

The ciderhouse, likely dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, has a high rubble base that spans the entire height of the ground storey. The first floor is timber-framed with brick infill to the front and weatherboards to the rear, all covered by a Welsh slate roof. There are four structural bays, two levels, and three windows on the front elevation. The ground floor opening on the right has shutters, and a two-leaved door is to the left. A tallet stair rises from the north-east to the right of a ledged door on the rear elevation. The interior retains a complete cider mill and press, with collar trusses and straight braces tied back to wall-posts. The south-west end gable has struts forming a pegged saltire cross above the collar.