Lee Farmhouse

Lee Farmhouse, probably dating to the mid-to-late 17th century, was extended in the late 19th century with later additions and alterations. The farmhouse is constructed of roughcast timber framing and red brick, with slate roofs. It has a gable-fronted design with gabled ranges extending to either side of a short central range, with a projection to the left. It is two storeys and has an attic. The left gabled range has a 20th-century casement window on the first floor, while the right gabled range features three-light casement windows on each floor, the ground-floor window being segmental-headed. A small lean-to, also with a segmental-headed casement window, is situated in the angle between the left gabled range and the central range, and was likely originally a porch. The left return of the left gabled range was rebuilt in the 18th century using brick (and was probably formerly timber-framed). The right wall of the right gabled range has four late 19th-century casement windows directly below the eaves. A single-storey, painted brick addition is attached to the rear. A red brick ridge stack with a toothed band at the base, three attached and rebated shafts, and a moulded capping marks the junction between the left gabled range and the central range. A similar ridge stack with two shafts is located at the junction of the right gabled range and the central range. An integral end stack is situated at the rear of the right gabled range; a slight change in roof pitch on this range indicates the junction between the 17th and 19th-century parts of the building. A roughcast outbuilding, attached to the right of the right gabled range, has a pyramidal slate roof and louvred lantern and was converted to a garage in the late 20th century.

The front room of the right gabled range has a deep-chamfered cross-beam ceiling with ogee stops and chamfered joists with a mixture of ogee and straight-cut stops. An inglenook fireplace with a wooden lintel is set into the left wall, alongside a spice cupboard. Similar deep-chamfered ceiling beams, again with a variety of stops, are found in other ground- and first-floor rooms. A 19th-century pulley on the right wall of the back room of the right gabled range was reportedly used for lifting and was associated with cheese making at the farmhouse in the late 19th century. An oak staircase rises from the first floor to the attic, which has a collar and tie beam roof in three wide bays to the left gabled range and in two bays to the right gabled range.