Stone Farmhouse And Attached Hop Kiln

This is a farmhouse with an attached hop kiln, dating back to the 15th century, with significant alterations likely in the late 16th century and again in the late 19th century. The farmhouse is timber-framed, with rendered wattle-and-daub and painted brick infill, some areas with brick refacing and replacement walling, and has tiled roofs. It features large external sandstone ashlar stacks with offsets and gabled capping on the right side elevation, a large external brick stack at the rear, and a brick stack to the front of the ridge at the left end.

The building appears to be a rebuilding of a former cruck hall house, now comprising a main range of three framed bays with a through-passage, and a two-bay cross-wing at the east gable end. A small jettied bay projects from the centre of the east elevation. A single-bay timber-framed extension wing extends from the rear of the cross-wing.

The main range has a dentilled eaves cornice. The rear of the main range showcases exposed timber framing with large rectangular panels extending from sill to wall-plate. The cross-wing exhibits smaller square panels, six from sill to wall-plate. The south gable end truss of the cross-wing includes five queen struts to the lower collar, two struts above the upper collar, and a V-strut in the apex. The jettied bay features close-set vertical studding and a moulded bresummer supported on decoratively carved console brackets. The single-bay extension has swept braces visible in its gable end upper corners beneath the tie-beam, and a queen strut truss in its gable end.

The front elevation of the main range includes two ground-floor casements with cambered heads, three first-floor casements, and a doorway slightly left of centre, with a planked door, moulded architrave, and a metal canopy supported on slender iron posts. The cross-wing gable end has a ground and first-floor casement with plank weatherings, a blocked attic light, and a planked door with a moulded architrave in the angle adjoining the main range. The east elevation has two gables flanking the jettied bay. A sandstone stack is built against the left gable. The jettied bay has a planked door on its right side and a blocked oriel window on a central console bracket, with a first-floor light to the right. A first-floor casement and a blocked attic light are located beneath the right gable.

Inside, the main range retains full cruck construction to the left of the through-passage. The through-passage has two doorways leading to service rooms. The roof is characterized by double, trenched purlins and swept wind-braces. The cross-wing has queen strut trusses and double, trenched purlins, and the main beams are stop-chamfered. A 19th-century outshut is located at the rear. An attached late 19th-century hop kiln, constructed of brick with a slate roof and resting on a square base, is situated adjoining the rear left gable end.