Vine Farmhouse

Vine Farmhouse is a house that may date back to the 14th century, with later alterations from the 16th and 17th centuries. It features timber-framing with some brick infill and a tile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, consisting of a hall and a north cross-wing, with a south cross-wing added in the 17th century to create a half-H plan. There is also a parallel wing of the same construction against the east wall of the hall. The house is two storeys high, and the east wall displays the two gables of the south cross-wing and the parallel wing, each framed in square panels. At the junction of the two wings, there is a gabled porch. The gable of the north cross-wing has a 20th-century bay window on the ground floor, and on the first floor, there are two curved tension braces. The truss in this section features a king-strut and two curved struts between the tie-beam and collar. There are chimneys on the right-hand return wall of the wing projecting from the hall and on the main ridge aligned with the doorway.

Inside, the base of one cruck truss is visible in front of the inglenook fireplace in the hall. The inserted ceiling has a chamfered spine beam, with chamfered common joists laid flat and supported by clamps attached to the outer walls. In the attic, the tops of the cruck blades are visible, joined by a yoke and showing signs of being smoke-blackened. A truss at the junction with the cross-wing has smoke-blackened principals, although it is not fully visible, and it is unclear whether it is a cruck.