Farm Hall

Farm Hall is a farmhouse, largely dating from the late 17th century, although incorporating elements of a late 16th-century building. It is constructed of red brick, in mixed and Flemish bonds, likely replacing a timber frame on a rendered sandstone rubble plinth. Stone angle quoins, partially cement-rendered, are present to the right, and the roof is slate-covered. Originally, the building comprised a hall range aligned northeast to southwest and a projecting cross-wing. The cross-wing roof was removed in the late 17th century when the building was refronted and given a single roof alignment.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a stepped eaves cornice and a cellar to the right. The right part, formerly the hall range, has a roughly central, early 20th-century panelled door beneath a 20th-century gabled porch. Unevenly spaced, multi-paned 19th-century cast-iron casements flank the door, with ground-floor windows having segmental heads and first-floor windows set directly below the eaves. A similar 19th-century casement with a wooden lintel is located in a left-hand lean-to, which is accessed via a boarded door. An integral end stack sits on the ridge directly above, and a lean-to bread oven projection is to the left, with a cast-iron sink attached to its front. An external end stack to the right of the main range features stone angle quoins and an infilled, segmental-headed window to the attic.

Two catslide outshuts extend to the rear, on the left and right, and an external lateral stack is situated to the left of centre, with the upper stage corbelled out to the right and a tall, rebuilt shaft. Internal corbelling visible in the left outshut indicates that it is a later addition. This outshut possesses stone quoins to the right corner, including an infilled 2-light chamfered wooden mullion window at centre and an infilled window at plinth level.

Inside, the left ground-floor room displays deep-chamfered cross-beam ceilings and heavy chamfered joists with straight-cut stops. There is an inglenook fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel. An oak winder staircase is located in the rear right corner of the outshut, with exposed timber framing in the adjacent wall. The centre and right rooms also feature deep-chamfered ceiling beams and partly infilled inglenook fireplaces with chamfered wooden lintels. Rectangular 17th-century oak panelling is present on the right wall of the centre room, reportedly brought from another location. The hall has a panelled board to the back wall with painted heraldic emblems. Sections of wall paper obscure what appear to be truncated wall posts or cruck blades on the left and first floor. The first floor reveals fragmentarily exposed timber framing with square panels and close studding, including a segmental-headed doorway in the spine wall of the left room. Wide-boarded oak floorboards are present throughout. Plank doors feature throughout, several incorporating reused 17th-century panelling. The roof is a restructured queen-post roof in four bays.