Hogstow Farmhouse

Hogstow Farmhouse is probably an early 17th-century farmhouse, potentially incorporating parts of an earlier building. It was largely rebuilt in the early 18th century, with later additions and alterations. The farmhouse is timber framed with red brick infill, with a section rebuilt in red brick and uncoursed limestone rubble; it has a plain tile and corrugated iron roof. The original layout was likely a three-unit baffle-entry plan. A section may have run at right angles to the rear, though this was demolished and rebuilt in the 18th century, with an outbuilding added to the left in the 19th century.

The farmhouse is two storeys high. Timber framing survives on the right side of the main stack, featuring square and rectangular panels with straight tension braces that have been much repaired and altered. A jowled wall post with mortices in the rear right-hand corner suggests a possible former range to the rear. There are late 19th and 20th-century casement windows; three are directly below the eaves in the brick section, with one to the left and two to the right of a segmental-headed boarded door (the right-hand window also with a segmental head). A 19th-century casement is on the ground floor of the timber-framed part. A large red brick ridge stack sits at the junction of the two main sections of the house, and a smaller red brick stack is at the junction between the house and the attached outbuildings.

The interior of the red-brick part of the house contains two wide bays, divided by a wide, straight-flight oak staircase approached from the rear, to the left of centre. A red brick partition is on the right. The left ground-floor room has a chamfered spine beam with heavy joists, with chamfered edges and straight-cut stops to the front, and plain edges to the rear. A similar spine beam and heavy joists are in the right ground-floor room, which has an inglenook fireplace in the large stack. The timber-framed part also has an inglenook fireplace and a massive chamfered spine beam with straight-cut stops. Plank and muntin doors with pointed strap hinges are used throughout. Original oak floorboards are on the first floor, with visible stepping near the large brick stack. Collar and tie beam roof trusses are located to the left of the staircase and to the right gable end.