Netherstead Farmhouse

Netherstead Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century, with enlargements made in the 17th century and early 19th century, along with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building features a timber frame with brick infill, and the front is roughcast. The right half has been refaced in 18th century red brick and has an old tile roof, while the right section has concrete tiles and a gabled parapet. The farmhouse is L-shaped and extended to a double-depth plan, standing two storeys high with an attic and a four-window range.

A two-storey gabled porch made of brick is present, featuring a 20th century door and windows beneath a mid-19th century moulded wood fascia with brackets. Above, there is a six-pane sash window. The projecting gable has a moulded bressumer. The left half and porch contain mid-19th century sashes, with a 16-pane window on the left in heavily-moulded wood frames. The entrance on the right has a 20th century glazed door and a shallow hood, with 19th and 20th century casements. A central stack from the 16th or 17th century has six diagonally-set square shafts with V-pilasters.

The left return side features a gable and moulded bressumer, while the right return side has a brick external stack. At the rear, there are adjacent gabled timber framed ranges. The left range has square framing and jowled posts with whitewashed brick infill. The central range is entirely, and the right range is partly, underbuilt in 19th century brick, with the right range also having some plastered infill. An early 19th century brick range is located on the right. The fenestration is irregular.

Inside, there is a room with a 16th century moulded ogee stop-chamfered ceiling beam and an old blocked wood mullioned window now located in an internal wall. The farmhouse contains good late 18th century to early 19th century fitted cupboards. Another room has a moulded ogee stop-chamfered beam and an 18th century cornice. An early 19th century room features two window architraves with Doric pilasters, while another room has an old four-panelled door and a corner cupboard. There are also two-panelled doors with H-L hinges and an early 19th century quarter turn staircase. The first floor room has chamfered cross beams, and other rooms have moulded beams and a jowled post.