Home Farmhouse

Home Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the 14th or 15th century, with remodeling and extensions made around 1580 to 1620, along with later additions and alterations. The building features random uncoursed limestone rubble that conceals a timber frame, topped with a slate roof and a tall central axial ridge chimney that has dripstones and capping. Originally, it was an open hall of 2½ bays, but it was converted into a baffle entry type around 1580. Shortly after, it was extended by single bays to both the east and west, and the entire structure was clad in stone.

The farmhouse has two storeys with irregular fenestration, including two casements on the first floor (one from the 19th century and one from the 20th century) and three on the ground floor, all from the 20th century. There are two entrances: one beneath the chimney stack and another to the right, both featuring 19th-century cambered brick heads. Inside, there are two exposed wall posts, a small staircase window, and a projecting bread oven at the rear.

The interior retains one true arch braced cruck that shows significant smoke blackening, truncated by a large late 16th-century stack with a beam over the fireplace below. On the first floor, the original west wall displays a Queen post truss, likely from the rebuilding around 1580. This wall also features square panelling, with one panel showing exposed wattle and daub infill, and evidence in the joists above for a former jetty. The two main rooms on the ground floor, formed from the original 2½ bays, have massive stop-chamfered beams and heavy joists dating from around 1580 to 1600. A simple straight flight oak staircase, from the 18th or 19th century, is located to the left of the fireplace and leads to the first floor.