Holyoake Farmhouse And Holyoake House

Holyoake Farmhouse and Holyoake House are a pair of farmhouses, now two separate dwellings, dating to the late 16th and 17th centuries, with substantial rebuilding and extensions occurring in the late 18th or early 19th century. The buildings are timber framed, displaying close studding, square framing, and ornamental panelling, with whitewashed brick and plastered infill. Some areas are rebuilt in whitewashed brick, featuring a brick dentil cornice. The roof is tiled with brick end, lateral, and internal stacks. The plan is complex.

The two--storey, four-window range has a left cross wing (Holyoake House) exhibiting close studding to the ground floor, square framing to the first floor, and ornamental panelling to the gable, along with jowled posts. An adjacent brick cross wing projects forward, featuring an external stack. The range on the right has some square framing to part of the first floor only. The entrance features a four-panelled door within a moulded wooden surround with a hood supported on shaped brackets. The left cross wing has four- and three-light wood mullioned windows. Other windows are casements with leaded lights. A single-light window is present on the ground floor of the central wing, while the right return side has a three-light window on each floor. The main range incorporates a two-light window on the ground floor, and a four-light and two-light on the first floor. Ground floor windows are situated within brick segmental arches.

The left return side of the main range displays exposed timber framing, with close studding below and square framing above. The remainder is whitewashed brick, with a 20th-century half-glazed door and an open timber framed porch. Irregular fenestration and a lateral stack are also present. The right return side of the main range has coursed lias stone on the ground floor, and 19th-century brick above. A long whitewashed brick wing, possibly a former outbuilding, extends from the main body of the houses.

Internally, Holyoake Farmhouse reveals some exposed framing and chamfered ceiling beams. It incorporates two open fireplaces, one with a bread oven, and a straight flight staircase, along with two-panelled and six-panelled doors. The interior of Holyoake House was not inspected. The property is named after the Holyoake family, who held it during the 18th and 19th centuries.