Baddesley Farmhouse

Baddesley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1641, as indicated by a fireplace bressumer. It features a refaced 18th-century cross-wing added to the left in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brick, with a string course on the range and a dogtooth cornice on the cross-wing. The roofs are covered with old plain tiles, and there are brick end and ridge stacks. The farmhouse has an irregular U-plan, with two and three storeys and a five-window range. The central two-window range includes a plank door with a two-light overlight on the right. The windows are cross windows with horizontal glazing bars, and all openings have brick segmental arches. The gabled wing on the right is similar but has a 20th-century cross window on the first floor. The three-storey cross-wing has a through passage. The two-window ranges feature a six-panelled door on the right with panelled reveals and a moulded wood surround that has a pediment and high entablature. Above this door is a 12-pane sash, with 16-pane sashes to the left. The second floor has 12- and 9-pane sashes, and brick flat arches are present throughout. The rear has a similar door and doorcase to the cross-wing.

Inside, there are two back-to-back open fireplaces with rough chamfered cambered bressumers; one in the central range is carved with the date 1641 and the initials FT and RT. The ceiling beams are ogee-stop broad-chamfered. The dog-leg staircase in the cross-wing features a scrolled string, stick balusters, and a wreathed mahogany handrail with an inlaid motif.