Church Hill Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Built in the early to mid 16th century, with extensions added in the early to mid 17th century, and a late 17th-century wing set back at an angle to the right. Later alterations were made in the late 18th or early 19th century, and in the mid-20th century. An early 19th-century stable range was attached to the right, altered and converted in the late 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of regular coursed limestone, with the central wing of fine coursed, almost ashlar limestone. It has an old tile roof and a stone internal stack with three rebuilt brick shafts. The building has a complex plan, with one and two storeys and attics, and a four-window front. The left range has a mid-20th-century plank door and recessed porch on the left, along with two small windows and a four-light leaded casement. There are two dormers with 20th-century three-light metal casements. The central and right wings feature late 18th or early 19th-century three-light casements with glazing bars. The central wing also has a French window and a two-light attic window, with stone flat arches over the windows. A two-light casement and panelled shutters are present on the left return side. A former external stack to the right has quoins and tall, diagonally-set square shafts. The right wing contains a 20th-century half-glazed door and a roof dormer. The rear elevation is irregular. The former stable range has mid-20th-century double-leaf doors, flanking windows, and a 20th-century casement inserted in a former doorway, all with quoin surrounds. It features a late 20th-century half-hipped gable. The interior includes heavy ceiling beams and original roof timbers, with a heavy cambered tie beam and curved windbraces, as noted in the Victoria County History.