Lower Berrow Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dating to the late 16th century, it has undergone alterations and additions in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The construction is a mix of timber-framed with rendered infill on a sandstone and brick base, and rebuilt brick with brick additions, all under plain tiled roofs. The building follows a hall and cross-wing plan; the hall part has been rebuilt in brick and is a single bay aligned east-west, while the cross-wing at the west gable end has two framed bays and a large central chimney and ridge stack. It is two storeys high, with an attic and a cellar, and features a dentilled eaves cornice.

The cross-wing’s timber framing exhibits two rows of close-set studding on each floor, with long straight braces in the lower corners and short straight braces in the upper corners. The south gable end has a jettied first floor and attic floor, supported by decoratively carved consoles. The roof structure includes collar and tie-beam trusses. The south gable end displays herringbone panels to the lower collar and four struts beneath the upper collar; the north gable end truss has four struts to the lower collar and two struts to the upper collar, with both exhibiting a concave V-strut in the apex.

The south front elevation of the hall part features a central 20th-century glazed double door flanked by 20th-century casements of two lights and a 4-light 20th-century first floor casement. A large stack is located at the right end of the ridge. The cross-wing's gable end has a cellar window with a cambered head, a 3-light ground floor casement, a 5-light first-floor casement, and an attic light. The east gable end of the hall part hosts attic lights.

The interior was not inspected, but the cross-wing is noted to have moulded ceiling beams and back-to-back fireplaces. A large, full-height wing was added to the east side of the north bay of the cross-wing in the 20th century, with a catslide lean-to roof at the rear, now containing the main entrance. A 19th-century single-storey wing extends to the rear gable end of the cross-wing.