The Coates and Associated Barns

The Coates is a late 15th-century timber-framed farmhouse, with alterations dating to the 17th century, alongside associated barns believed to be from the 16th century and later.

The farmhouse is built on a stone plinth, with areas of brick cladding and tile roofs. It has a hall and cross-wing plan; the hall runs roughly north-south, with a screens passage at the northern end and a 17th-century cross-wing beyond that. A former detached kitchen is now attached to the house. The barns are located approximately 30 metres to the southwest of the farmhouse, arranged in a wide V-shape with projecting wings to the south.

The two-storey farmhouse showcases much exposed close-studded timber framing above the stone plinth, which was installed around 1970. The left-hand gable marks the cross-wing and features a large external chimney stack and a modern bay window at ground-floor level, with a three-light window above. A two-storey porch with a small gable contains the main entrance. The hall range to the right is encased in brick, likely added in the 1950s, and includes a bay window at ground-floor level and a dormer window above. The rear elevation is believed to be further close-studded timber framing with irregular window placement. It appears to have a door marking the end of the screens passage and a gable at the rear of the cross-wing. The former detached kitchen has a gable to its northern end.

Internally, the former hall has been subdivided into two rooms with inserted chequerboard ceilings. It retains a central truss with arch braces featuring cavetto mouldings that extend past the wall-plate, and a mostly intact spere-truss over the screens. The roof over the hall and passage is intact, with evidence of a former louvre opening.

The barns are thought to retain their queen-post roof structure with chamfered tie beams. They appear as they largely are today on the tithe map of 1840 and subsequent historic Ordnance Survey maps. There are three projecting wings to the south; the westernmost wing appears to have been rebuilt recently and is not included in the listing. The central and eastern wings appear to match their historic form.