Parsonage Farmhouse

Parsonage Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century, featuring a parlour wing to the east and an attached late medieval barn, which is partly derelict, to the west. The building has three construction phases: the late 16th-century farmhouse includes the end bay and gable wall of the earlier barn, with possible medieval fragments evident in the unusual alignment of the parlour wing and service rooms. The area to the east of the stair turret and service rooms was enclosed in the early to mid-17th century.

In the 18th century, alterations included the creation of a passage through the chimney stack at ground floor level and the addition of a staircase in the hall. The farmhouse is constructed of painted clunch with modern interlocking roof tiles and features a tall 19th-century gault brick ridge stack and brick dressings. It stands two storeys high with attics, while the cross-wing rises three storeys and has double parapetted facade gables facing south.

The main range has one three-light casement window on the first floor, two twelve-paned hung sash windows (one of which is sealed), and a chamfered-mullioned window. On the ground floor, there is one three-light casement window and two sixteen-paned hung sash windows to the left of a round-arched doorway. The parlour wing, which has two 'bays', features two three-light casement attic windows, one first-floor twelve-paned hung sash window, and two sixteen-paned hung sash ground floor windows.

Interior details from the late 16th and early 17th centuries include a balustered screen in the passage leading to the rear of the parlour. The barn's walls still partially survive, along with trusses below tie beam level, indicating its historical significance. The quality of the barn suggests it may have been used for public purposes, such as a trading hall linked to local industry. The property was owned by Ramsey Abbey until the Dissolution in 1537.