Belsize Farmhouse

Belsize Farmhouse is a building that likely dates from the 16th or 17th century and was formerly the grange of the Benedictine Abbey of Peterborough. In 1214, Abbot Robert of Lindsey constructed houses at Belsize, which was a small village by the 15th century. The property belonged to the monastery of Peterborough until its dissolution, after which it was sold by the Commissioners in 1650.

The farmhouse is built from long coursed stone rubble and features a gabled cross wing at the west end. It has a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof with gabled ends, and the west end of the roof is slightly lower. The building has two storeys and primarily showcases 19th-century 2-light casement windows with glazing bars. On the ground floor, the south side of the east range includes a 17th-century 2-light stone mullion window. There are brick ridge and end chimney stacks, and a lean-to structure is located in the angle of the cross wing on the south side. The rear (north) wall has been partly rebuilt in brick. Inside, the farmhouse features heavy unsawn timber ceiling beams.