Speedsdairy Farmhouse

Speedsdairy Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid-17th century, with a later 17th-century extension and a dairy outshut at the rear. The front range is clad in brick and was rebuilt above the ground floor around 1820 to 1830. The building features roughcast over a timber frame on a brick plinth, with early 19th-century Flemish bond brickwork. It has gabled slate roofs from the 19th century and brick stacks at the ends and ridge.

The farmhouse has a three-unit plan with a lobby entry, which was extended in the later 17th century to form an L-shape with a right wing at the back and a rear outshut. The bay to the left of the front is likely an early 19th-century addition. It stands two storeys high and has an early 19th-century three-window range with segmental arches over a beaded four-panelled door, a 20th-century French window to the left, and three-light late 19th-century casements. There is also an early 19th-century canted bay window with side-hung casements and segmental arches over early 19th-century sixteen-pane sashes on the first floor. The roughcast bay to the right has flat rendered arches over a 20th-century door and late 19th-century two to three-light casements. Additionally, there are mid to late 18th-century two-light casements and a dormer with a similar casement, both featuring leaded lights. The outshut has a lean-to roof and a mid-19th-century gabled porch at the rear.

Inside, the farmhouse contains early 19th-century panelled doors and shutters. The former service room to the right of the centre features an early 19th-century corner cupboard and H-L hinges on the doors. The ground floor rooms in the front range have chamfered ogee-stopped beams, with the beam to the left likely being reset. The rear wall retains timber framing with close studding, which is visible from the former dairy outshut that still has part of its original timber frame and some 17th-century plank doors with original iron fittings. The first floor of the front range retains 17th-century floorboards. The later 17th-century rear extension has a boxed beam and a chamfered ogee-stopped beam on the ground floor, along with a two-bay collar-truss roof featuring clasped purlins.