Astwood Bank Farmhouse

This is a 17th-century farmhouse, with alterations and additions from the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries. It is timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, set on a sandstone and brick base. The roof is covered in plain tiles. The original part of the farmhouse comprises three bays aligned east to west. A large chimney with a brick ridge stack sits between the west and central bays. A rear extension, in an L-shape, was added in the 18th and 19th centuries, extending the central and eastern bays, and features a large external chimney on its east gable end.

The building is two storeys high, with parts featuring a dentilled eaves cornice. The timber framing on the north front has four panels from sill to wall-plate, with short, straight braces in the upper corners. A collar and tie-beam truss, with three struts and a V-strut in the apex, survives in the west gable end of the original section. The ground floor of the north front has a cross-casement, a hipped-roofed addition, and two-bay windows at each end. The first floor has two three-light casements and one two-light casement. The main entrance, located to the left of the central bay, is within a 19th-century bay window addition and has a 20th-century door. A 19th-century ridge stack is at the left end of the façade.

Inside, large fireplaces have been retained. The central bay of the original part has 19th-century panelling and a dog-leg staircase, believed to have originated from Witley Court in Great Witley, Worcestershire.