Newlands Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Early 18th century rebuilding of a 16th century house. Constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond, with two phases of building replacing earlier timber framing; it has a plain tile roof with raised verges, a brick ridge stack, and an integral end stack. The main range is a two-cell structure aligned north-west/south-east, facing north-east. A single-cell wing projects slightly to the north-east, also aligned north-east/south-west, with a kitchen extension at its south-west end, matching the wing's alignment. The north-west front has two storeys and an attic, with a toothed band at the first floor and eaves. It has a 2:3 window front with 20th-century casements within 18th-century openings, each with segmental heads, and two gabled dormers. A crosswing to the left has an exposed timber-framed gable featuring vertical struts between a tie beam and two collars. A 19th-century door is located to the right of the wing, and a blocked door with a segmental head is on the left side of the main range. A single-storey lean-to extension is on the left. The left return of the wing retains a timber wall plate with peg holes for former wall studding. Inside, the present front door within the wing is positioned directly in front of the chimney stack, and the blocked doorway in the main range is opposite. The ground floor room of the wing contains ovolo-moulded cross beams and an inglenook fireplace with an ovolo-moulded bressumer. In the main range, there’s an early 18th-century staircase with turned balusters, and in the right-hand ground floor room, some 18th-century wall panelling and a window seat. The left-hand ground floor room has an inglenook fireplace with chamfered and stopped timber bressumer. Further features include chamfered and stopped ceiling beams on both the ground and first floors. The building demonstrates group value as an example of rural domestic architecture.