Gordon's Farm

This is a farmhouse dating back to the 15th century, with extensions added in the late 16th century and alterations in the late 18th and mid-19th centuries. It is constructed of timber framing with painted brick and rendered infill, set on a lias limestone rubble plinth. The exterior has areas of painted brick refacing and replacement walling, and a plain tiled roof. The building originally comprised a hall house of three framed bays aligned north-east to south-west, possessing a large external chimney and bread oven at the rear. A two-bay cross-wing was added to the north-east gable end, also featuring a large central chimney with two star-shaped stacks. A further framed bay was added to the rear of the original hall, enclosing the original chimney and itself featuring an external chimney and bread oven. The farmhouse has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, with a dentilled eaves cornice.

The hall section of the house is cruck-framed; part of the south-east end cruck is visible in the gable. The rear wall-frame consists of two panels from sill to wall-plate, while the front wall-frame has been rebuilt in brick. The cross-wing features five panels from sill to wall-plate, with long straight lower corner braces. The roof structure incorporates collar and tie-beam trusses with four struts to collar, producing concave lozenge panels between the struts and lattice detail above the collar on the front elevation. The rear elevation has three struts to collar and a V-strut in the apex. The rear bay of the hall has four panels from sill to wall-plate and a collar and tie-beam truss with three struts to collar.

The north-east front elevation contains three-light casement windows; the hall section has two ground-floor and three first-floor windows. The main entrance, located in the angle with the cross-wing, has a lean-to tiled porch with a half-glazed side and a six-panelled door, featuring a transom light with a central glazing bar and moulded architrave. A 19th-century chimney is on the gable end. The cross-wing has plank weatherboards at the main floor levels and above the collar, with a ground-floor window, a first-floor window, and a small attic light.

Inside, the 15th-century part reveals evidence of original cruck trusses, an inserted first floor with a moulded cross-beamed ceiling, and a large fireplace. The cross-wing has moulded ceiling beams and a large fireplace in the front bay on the ground floor. The rear bay of the hall was used as a kitchen in the 19th century.