Townhouse Farmhouse And Attached Wall And Cottage

This is a farmhouse, likely dating back to the late medieval period, although it was significantly rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. The exterior is largely red brick, replacing earlier timber framing, with a plain tile roof and a brick ridge stack. The building follows an H-plan, with a central north-south hall range flanked by crosswings. A staircase wing was added to the rear around 1700. The farmhouse is two storeys and has an attic, featuring a dentilled eaves band. A pair of single-bay gabled crosswings are positioned on either side of a recessed three-bay hall range with a central gabled porch. Most of the windows are 20th-century leaded casements set within 18th and 19th-century openings with segmental heads. The porch has a nail-studded door with a three-centred head, and a first-floor window with a segmental pointed head – this porch is a later addition to the main house. The left return of the left-hand wing has two bays of windows with gauged brick heads; the upper windows are blind. A labourer's cottage is attached to the right side by a brick wall, facing the farmyard. This cottage dates to the early 19th century, with red brick construction, a plain tile roof with raised verges, and a brick integral end stack. It is one storey high, with a gable-lit attic and a dentilled eaves band, and has a segmental-headed door on the left, with a blocked door to the right.

Inside the hall, there are chamfered and stopped ceiling beams and joists, along with a three-centred arch fireplace towards the north end, incorporating cupboards on each side. Behind the stack is an entrance passage, likely the site of a former through-passage, suggesting an early adaptation of a late medieval plan. The north wall retains remains of several blocked doorways, reflecting late medieval planning conventions that would have served as entrances to service areas. Both wings have chamfered and stopped cross beams, with the south wing additionally featuring an ovolo-moulded beam—the timbers here are reused. The rear wing contains a straight staircase with crude turned balusters. A jointed and pegged king-post roof is visible over the north wing. The hall range has a collar and tie beam roof truss with a central vertical strut and taking struts between the two horizontal members; this roof structure may be 16th century, but utilizes reused timber.