Longden Hall Farmhouse

Longden Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1600, although it may include parts of an earlier house. It was extended in the late 17th century and has seen later additions and alterations. The building is constructed of red brick and features a plain tile hipped roof. The original layout consists of a hall with four bays, a cross-passage, and a lateral stack on the south wall to the west. A west cross-wing, which projects to the rear, was added in the late 17th century.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a moulded brick string course that runs around the building at mid-height, continuing as a plain plat band. The north front has seven bays, originally featuring mullioned and transomed windows, although these have been replaced by glazing bar sashes and late 20th-century casements. The ground floor windows are set in round-arched recesses. The central entrance has a six-panel door beneath a late 20th-century gabled brick porch, replacing a former moulded brick pediment.

A tall lateral stack is located in the roof slope of the cross-wing, featuring an ovolo-shaped shaft and open-work diamond ornament. There are also tall lateral stacks on the back wall, with the eastern stack having a triple rebated shaft. Inside, the cross-passage contains an early 17th-century newel staircase with flat balusters and raked mouldings. Another similar staircase, possibly not in its original position, is located against the south wall of the west cross-wing. The room to the west of the cross-passage has classical mouldings on the ceiling beams, while further chamfered beams can be found in the cross-wing. The roof includes several reused timbers, including portions of cruck blades, which may have come from the 15th-century manor house that is said to have once stood on the site.