The Elms

The Elms is a 16th or 17th century farmhouse, with an 18th century addition and later alterations, now used as a house. It is timber-framed with plaster and brick infilling, and painted brick to the front, with a tile roof and brick stacks. The building is arranged in an L-shape. It is two storeys high with a four-window front. The central entrance is under a canopy and has a six-panel door with two glazed panels. The ground floor has a window with a three-light small-paned casement, a French window with side lights to the left end, and a canted bay window with small-paned glazing to the right end. The first floor has windows with three-light small-paned glazing, all casements with iron opening mechanisms. There is an axial stack to the rear of the ridge and an external stack to the right end. Some of the plaster cladding has been removed, revealing stud-and-lath bearing and timber framing behind. The right return shows exposed square framing and windows with two-light leaded casements. A large gabled dormer to the right of the stack has a three-light transomed casement with leaded glazing, and a smaller flat-roofed dormer is to the right. An end stack is present on the older part of the building, and a two-window 18th century brick range has two-light casements, an external end stack and a return lean-to. The rear of the building has exposed square framing on a brick plinth and varied fenestration with two- and three-light casements. A return wing has a 20th century glazed lean-to porch and entrance with a three-light window above. The 18th century section has a pegged frame to a plank door and two-light windows; one ground-floor window is barred, likely being an unglazed dairy window. First-floor windows are casements with iron opening mechanisms. The interior was noted to have a through-passage with timber-framed interior walls. The barn is now owned separately.