Hints Farmhouse

Hints Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century. The building features painted rubble stone and painted timber-frame construction with rendered infill panels. The west gable is finished in painted render, while the north side has painted brick underbuilding. The roof is covered with plain clay tiles. There is a central inserted stone stack with a spurred brick shaft and a projecting 19th-century brick gable-end stack. The structure is a 5-bay longhouse, comprising a 3-bay domestic area and a 2-bay former agricultural section.

The exterior is single storey with an attic. The north front has a 4-window range, with stone rubble on the left and timber framing partly underbuilt in brick on the right, featuring brick infill panels. There are two 20th-century wide casements flanked by 19th-century 2-light casements, with the left-hand one inserted into a larger opening that is now blocked with stone. Flat painted oak lintels are present throughout. At the left end, there is a plain boarded door in a plain oak door frame. The east gable end has two 20th-century casements with timber lintels.

On the south front, the left side features a square-framed bay that is three panels high, incorporating a 20th-century glazed door. The remaining wall is made of stone rubble with various 19th and 20th-century casements under concealed or painted flat lintels. There is a central 20th-century entrance door in a plain frame, along with two tiled gabled dormers that have 20th-century casements. The west gable end has a painted rendered apex over a rubble wall, which is partly covered by a brick end stack and a tiled-roofed stone lean-to.

Inside, there is an inserted 17th-century floor in the central bay of the former 3-bay domestic range, featuring deeply chamfered bridging and cross bridging beams that infill the original open hall. A square-framed internal cross-wall truss is also present.