Hargreaves Farmhouse At Sj 3192 1032

Hargreaves Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the early 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the mid to late 19th century. The structure features a rendered timber frame set on a coursed sandstone rubble plinth, with plastered and red brick infill, and includes a coursed sandstone rubble addition from the 19th century. The roofs are finished with slate.

The farmhouse consists of a hall range with 11 framed bays, a projecting gabled cross-wing of 3 framed bays to the northwest, and a 2-storey gabled porch to the southwest. There is also a 19th-century kitchen wing at the rear to the northeast. The building stands two storeys tall. The framing includes closely spaced uprights with a middle rail and long straight tension braces. The hall range jetties on three sides, likely underbuilt in brick to the southwest, and the cross-wing may also have an underbuilt jetty at the front.

The southwest front features a ground-floor 19th-century three-light wooden casement to the right. The off-centre 2-storey gabled porch to the right has a jettied first floor supported by a moulded bressumer, with a 19th-century two-light wooden casement on the first floor and an entrance that includes a 6-panelled door (the lower two panels are flush and the top panels are glazed). To the left of the porch, there is a short catslide roof over a staircase outshut, which includes a 19th-century two-light wooden landing window and a small basement window. The cross-wing to the left has a 19th-century two-light wooden casement on each floor. There is also a 19th-century two-light wooden casement in the right-hand gable end and at the rear of the cross-wing.

Inside, the ground-floor room to the right features a chamfered cross-beamed ceiling with ogee stops, chamfered dragon beams, and large plain joists. There is a large open fireplace with an early 19th-century surround and a cast iron range, along with chamfered beams in the cross-wing. It has been suggested that this house was likely built for Richard Bagot shortly after 1623 when he purchased this part of the Williams estate.