Church Farm Cottages

Church Farm Cottages is a farmhouse that has been divided into three cottages. It dates back to the early 16th century, with alterations and additions made in the late 19th century and early to mid-20th century. The structure is timber framed with red brick nogging and has been partially refaced, rebuilt, and extended in red brick, topped with plain tile roofs.

The building has a T-plan layout, featuring a probable former open hall with two framed bays on the left, which has a 19th-century addition, and a projecting gabled cross-wing with three framed bays on the right. It is one storey and attic high, with a two-storey and attic cross-wing. The hall range has a dentil brick eaves cornice, a central ridge stack, and a small 19th-century integral brick end stack on the left. There are two 20th-century gabled eaves dormers on the right, fitted with 3-light metal casements, and a gabled semi-dormer on the left with a late 20th-century casement. The cross-wing features an external lateral brick stack on the right.

The framing in the cross-wing consists of large scantling with close studding and a middle rail. The front of the hall range has four windows, with late 19th-century and 20th-century casements. There is a segmental-headed doorway at the angle of the cross-wing on the right, which has a 6-panelled door and a flat-roofed porch. The cross-wing also includes a 2-light attic casement and 3-light casements on both the ground and first floors. At the rear, there are three dormers on the hall range, and the entrances to Nos. 1 and 3 are located at the back.

Inside, there is evidence of smoke-blackening in the roof of the hall range. The cross-wing features collar and tie-beam roof trusses with queen-struts and staggered purlins, along with chamfered beams throughout. Nos. 2 and 3 retain 17th-century boarded doors, including one located under the stairs in No. 2. The first floors and stack in the left-hand range are likely a late 16th or 17th-century addition to the former open hall.