Durham'S Farmhouse

Durham's Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse, now a house, with additions from the 17th century or later and alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber-framed and plastered, featuring roughcast render, with some walls replaced by brick and flint. The roofs are of two levels, covered with plain tiles. There is a gable end stack on the right side and a rectangular ridge stack to the left of the center. The farmhouse has two storeys and originally followed a three-unit plan with a rear outshut. The main entrance is on the left side, featuring a 20th-century six-panelled door. There are two ground floor three-light casement windows and two first floor horizontal sliding sash windows. The rear elevation displays some pargetting, while the west wall is made of flint and brick. Inside, there are few exposed timbers and an open hearth. Historically, Durham's was given by King John to the Canons of West Dereham in Norfolk and was one of four manors in Ickleton that descended together from 1538. The farmhouse was sold in 1971.