Elm Farmhouse

Elm Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with a late 17th century addition and alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of timber framing and plastered brick, topped with slated roofs. The building has two storeys and attics, arranged in an L-shape, with a two-storey porch on the main range facing northeast. The farmhouse features a deep brick plinth and buttressed walls to the right of the porch, and a sawtooth brick eaves cornice to the left and on the southeast wing. There are red brick ridge stacks, including a large rectangular planned ridge stack on the left and a ridge stack with two diagonal shafts on the right, along with a 19th-century side stack on the wing. The gabled porch has a round-headed outer doorway and a panelled inner door from the 18th century, with one casement window above. The first floor includes two casement windows and two horizontal sliding sash dormer windows, while the left wing has two 20th-century windows and one 19th-century four-paned hung sash attic window. Inside, the original four-unit plan has been modified with sealed hearths, and features an exposed floor frame with a deeply chamfered axial beam and an internal timber-framed truss at the first floor. The ceiling beams are boxed, and the roof is sealed. The site of the farmhouse was formerly moated.