Lower Hodre

The farmhouse at Lower Hodre dates to the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and additions made in the mid-to-late 19th century. It is constructed of timber framing, with the exterior largely refaced or rebuilt using rendered limestone rubble, and has a slate and corrugated iron roof. The building was likely originally a 2-framed-bay baffle-entry house aligned east-west, with an agricultural building to the left and a projecting gabled cross wing to the right. The two-storey cross wing includes an attic. A large central stone ridge stack is present, with weathering at its base. The front of the house has two windows on the left with modern wooden casements, and two-light segmental-headed wooden casements in the right-hand cross wing. A projecting central porch has a catslide lean-to roof. The rebuilt agricultural building to the left features a 20th-century flat-topped eaves-dormer with a 3-light casement, a ground floor 2-light casement to the left, and a half-glazed door to the right. Inside, the house retains timber framing with square-panelled cross walls, and pairs of chamfered spine beams with ogee stops. A large open fireplace is present, as are 17th-century boarded doors with strap hinges, including one between ground floor rooms, and two on the first floor with segmental heads and unusual toothed dropped keystones.