Coton Farmhouse

Coton Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with partial remodelling in the 18th century and again in 1886. It features a timber frame with red brick infill and rebuilding, roughcast on the west side and south gables, which are clad in late 19th century yellow brick on the ground and first floors. The roofs are slate, hipped on the east return of the main range. The building has a basic T-plan, with a gabled range on the west and gables at the angle on the south, creating a roughly symmetrical front. It stands two storeys high with attics.

The framing is exposed above a sandstone and red brick lean-to at the rear and on the east side, as well as the north gable end of the main gabled range, which has regularly coursed and dressed sandstone rubble below the tie beam. The vertical posts are close-set with a middle rail and upper and lower collars, and the positions of infilled windows are visible on the main range. The south front features one late 19th century sash window below each gable and prominent bay windows on the left and right. The central entrance is through a gabled porch with a chamfered pointed arch, above which is a datestone reading "RRM 1886". Five 17th century grotesque heads and brackets are preserved at the tie beam level of the gables.

On the west front of the gabled range, there are three 19th century glazing bar sash windows on the first floor and one on the lower left. There is a central doorway and a contemporary canted bay window to the right. A prominent red brick ridge stack features four attached and rebated shafts with toothed capping at the junction with the main range, along with an internal end stack to the left, also with toothed capping. Additionally, there is a prominent 18th century integral red brick end stack at the east end of the main range.

Inside, many original features are concealed by 19th century remodelling, but fragments of the timber frame are exposed throughout, and boxed-in ceiling beams are present on the ground and first floors. There is a ladder-type staircase leading to a small first-floor room at the rear and an oak winder staircase to the attic. Several plank doors are also found within the building. The 17th century roof structure appears to be complete, with the main gabled range featuring a collar and tie beam roof in three bays, chamfered double purlins, and straight windbraces.