Great House And Attached Outbuilding Adjoining To Rear

Farmhouse, now house, with adjoining outbuilding. Built circa 1600 and remodelled circa 1709 with further mid-19th century alterations.

The main building is constructed in part with timber-framing and rendered infill, and part with handmade brick, with some brick replacement walling. Plain tiled roofs cover the structure. The plan is U-shaped, with the original part comprising four framed bays aligned north-west to south-east. A large sandstone chimney with three square brick ridge stacks was inserted in the former through-passage to form a lobby-entry plan. A brick bay was added at the south-east gable end with a south-west return and an external chimney with three square stacks to the south-east side. A matching wing was added to the north-west bay of the original part.

The building is two storeys with attic. Shaped brick gables mark the additions. A three-course band with central cogged course runs between the main storeys of the original part and also at attic level in the south-east addition, stepped to form a hood above windows and continued around the external chimney. Moulded bargeboards appear at the north-west gable end.

The timber framing is exposed to the rear north-east elevation and north-west gable end mainly at first floor level, showing three rows of panels from girding-beam to wall-plate with long straight braces across lower corners. The north-west gable end has a jettied attic and first floor level with moulded bressummers on shaped brackets. The roof truss comprises a collar and tie-beam design with two collars, eight struts beneath the lower collar, two beneath the upper collar, and a shaped strut in the apex.

The south-west front elevation contains a central part with two ground floor casements (one with a cambered head), two first floor two-light stone-mullioned windows and a two-light casement. The central entrance features a moulded brick surround of flanking pilasters corbelled out from the wall with an entablature above and large finials. An 18th century studded door with a semicircular arched head is surmounted by a date stone inscribed with the initials "M", a rose beneath flanked by initials "E" and "E", and the date "1709" below.

The left gable end has a ground floor 20-pane sash and a 9-pane first floor sash, both with cambered heads. The right gable end has ground and first floor four-light stone-mullioned windows and a similar three-light window in the attic. There are also two ground and two first floor two-light stone-mullioned windows in the angle with the central part; one first floor window is blind.

Interior features include ogee stop-chamfered main ceiling beams and large back-to-back fireplaces. A horizontal sliding sash to the rear south-east is said to have the date "1766" inscribed on it. A dog-leg staircase with turned balusters is present.

A three-bay brick outbuilding adjoins the rear of the north-west bay. It is two levels in height with a three-course band featuring a central cogged course between levels and a single-course band at eaves level of the north-east end. The main south-east elevation has a three-light casement, a square light, and a through archway adjacent to the house. The upper level has a two-light casement, a rectangular light, and a central door approached by external steps.