Home Farmhouse

Home Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the mid-14th century, was extended in the late 16th century, and re-faced in brick in the early to mid-18th century. The building is constructed of red brick, which largely conceals and partly replaces the original timber frame, and features a plain tile roof. The layout is L-shaped, originating from a 2-bay open hall aligned north-south, with a 4-bay range added at right angles in the late 16th century, and a mid-19th century addition to the rear of the 14th-century part.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with exposed framing on the back wall of the 16th-century range, displaying 2 square panels above a high (probably later) brick plinth and short straight tension braces. The windows are irregularly arranged, with four mid-19th century casements below the eaves of the long range and one casement with a segmental head on each side of a roughly central mid-19th century four-panel door on the ground floor. The gable to the left has one segmental-headed casement on each floor. There is a massive external brick end stack to the right, likely from the 17th century, featuring twin diamond shafts, as well as a prominent external stack on the back wall of the long range with two diamond shafts and a lateral stack to the left of the medieval range. The tops of all the stacks have been rebuilt in mid-19th century yellowish brown brick.

Inside, the left side of the entrance features a chamfered cross-beam ceiling, while other rooms in the 16th-century range have chamfered ceiling beams with ogee stops. There is an infilled inglenook fireplace on the back wall and several 17th-century plank doors with pointed strap hinges throughout. A notable feature is the central crown-post truss in the 14th-century range, which is visible in the attic and includes a plain crown-post with a chamfered collar purlin, a cambered tie beam, and cusped struts. The Queen-strut roof in the 4 bays of the 16th-century range has double purlins and straight windbraces.