Bank Farmhouse And Adjoining Farmbuildings

Bank Farmhouse and adjoining farm buildings date from the early to mid-17th century and were remodeled and extended in the early 18th century. The structure is partly painted uncoursed red sandstone rubble with red brick dressings and incorporates a timber-framed core, topped with a plain tile roof. The farmhouse has a three-cell plan from the 17th century, with an 18th-century cow house to the right. It stands two storeys high and features a dentil brick eaves cornice, an off-centre brick ridge stack to the right, and an integral brick end stack to the left.

The front has three windows, with two-light wooden casements that are segmental-headed on the ground floor. An early 18th-century two-panelled door is located between the first and second windows from the right, framed by a moulded architrave and a 20th-century lean-to porch. The left-hand window is in a former doorway, indicated by straight joists and brick infill beneath. The adjoining cow house to the right has a 20th-century door at the front and a loft doorway in the right-hand gable end, which is now blocked with corrugated iron. To the left are lower former cow houses, likely from the 18th century, which are now partly incorporated into the house and feature a pair of 20th-century casements to the right.

Inside, the parlour to the left contains ogee-stopped chamfered beams and joists, a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel, and a small salt cupboard to the right with a panelled door. The room also features 17th-century panelling, reportedly from Woolstaston church, adorned with guilloche, fleur-de-lys, and rosette ornamentation. The kitchen has a chamfered and stopped spine beam, and a square-panelled timber-framed cross wall to the left. The collar and tie-beam roof trusses are also notable. The 18th-century remodeling appears to have occurred in at least two phases, beginning with the rebuilding of the walls, followed later by the raising of the eaves, as evidenced by the straight joint and the change from sandstone to red brick dressings in the right-hand gable end.