Boycott Hall Farmhouse

Boycott Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 15th century. It has been cased in brick and remodeled during the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. The building features red brick in a random bond pattern that conceals a timber frame, and it has plain tile roofs. The farmhouse has a roughly T-shaped plan, with a former open hall consisting of four framed bays and a cross-wing to the east, which is also probably made up of four framed bays. The cross-wing was rebuilt in the early 17th century when an external stack was added at the upper (west) end of the hall, and the entire area was floored over. A gabled range at the angle between the hall and the cross-wing on the north side is likely contemporary with the rebuilding of the cross-wing, while a late 19th century brick lean-to is located below it.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a gable-lit attic in the cross-wing. On the south side, there are mid-20th century casements with mid-19th century segmental heads on either side of a roughly central plank door, which is sheltered by a mid-20th century gabled brick porch. Each floor of the cross-wing has a range of similar windows. There is a large external stepped stack at the west gable end and a lateral external stack on the cross-wing, along with a small ridge stack that was rebuilt in mid-20th century red brick at the east end of the hall range.

Inside, the upper part of a plank and muntin screen that separates the lower end of the hall from the former screens passage is visible. There is a staircase with a moulded handrail, although the balusters have been removed, also located at the lower end of the hall. A late 17th century bolection moulded fireplace on the first floor serves the external stack at the west end of the hall. Several 17th century panelled doors with cock's head hinges and contemporary oak panelling, some featuring wheatsheaf moulding, can be found throughout. The ground floor room at the lower end of the hall has two chamfered spine beams. The roof structure has not been examined, but several of the trusses are reported to be smoke-blackened, although they are now constructed with butt-purlin, collar, and tie beam techniques.

Historically, the house was formerly moated, and in the 1970s, the foundations of a stone-built chapel were said to have been uncovered in the adjacent field to the southeast.