Country Friends Restaurant

Country Friends Restaurant is a farmhouse that has been converted into a restaurant. It dates from the late 17th century and has seen significant additions and alterations, mainly in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The building features a timber frame with painted brick infill and additional structures, topped with machine tile roofs.

The original layout consists of a hall with a cross-wing to the north. Behind the cross-wing is a triple-gabled late 19th-century addition that is positioned at right angles, along with a 20th-century extension at the southeast corner of the hall range. The building is one storey high with an attic. Much of the timber framing has been renewed, with some areas featuring painted brick designed to imitate the original. The north gable of the cross-wing displays exposed framing, including what appears to be a reused cruck blade in the northwest corner. There is also exposed framing on a small gable that projects through the roof on the north side of the hall range, which has the date 1673 painted on the collar.

The fenestration is irregular, consisting of late 19th and 20th-century casements. On the south side of the hall, there is a three-light window to the left and two canted bay windows to the right, with two gabled eaves dormers above. The southeast projection features a canted bay window on the ground floor and a three-light casement above. A red brick ridge stack is located to the left of the hall range, complete with octagonal shafts and moulded capping, alongside a prominent external stack on the gable of the cross-wing and additional stacks for the 19th-century additions.

Inside, some timber framing with square panels is exposed on the ground floor, along with chamfered ceiling beams. The 19th and 20th-century additions do not possess special architectural interest.