Mill Farmhouse The Old Mill House

The Old Mill House and Mill Farmhouse are a late 16th-century farmhouse, subsequently divided into two dwellings, and altered in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The farmhouse is timber-framed with painted brick infill, a plinth, replacement walling, refacing, and additions, and has plain tiled roofs. It has a hall and cross-wing plan. The hall, aligned north-west/south-east, comprises two framed bays with an external chimney at the south-east gable end. The cross-wing, at the north-west end, is of two framed bays, with a large chimney at the junction of hall and cross-wing and a brick stack on the south-east side of the cross-wing roof ridge. The farmhouse is two storeys and has an attic with dormers. Surviving framing includes two rows of panels at first floor level of the hall, with short straight braces in some upper corners. Close-set studding is present at ground floor level on the south-west elevation. The cross-wing has four panels from sill to wall-plate with replacement walling at ground floor level and swept braces in some upper corners of the north-east bay. The roof structure includes collar and tie-beam trusses with raking struts at gable ends. The south-west front elevation has 20th-century casements, with leaded windows in the hall part. The ground floor has two 3-light windows and a rectangular light, while the first floor has four 2-light windows and a single-light window. The main entrance has a lean-to canopy on brackets and a 20th-century door. The cross-wing gable end has a 2-light ground floor window, an attic light, and projects a 19th-century external chimney. A separate entrance is located on the north-west side elevation of the cross-wing. The interior has not been inspected. Extensive 19th-century additions are present at the rear. Before 1900, the building was used as a needle factory and was enlarged to provide workrooms.