Bacon'S Farmhouse

Bacon's Farmhouse, now divided into three dwellings, dates to the late 15th or early 16th century, with alterations made in the late 16th and 17th centuries. The farmhouse is timber-framed and plastered, with the timber frame exposed on the west elevation. It has plain tiled roofs. A large square-planned red brick ridge stack has grouped shafts to the right of the main range; a north gable end stack to the cross wing features three paired offsets and two attached diagonal shafts; and a tall 19th-century stack stands to the north-west of the cross wing. The main range is one storey and attic in height, with a gablet and half-hipped roof to the west. The west elevation originally had a jettied design, featuring an interrupted tie beam and two oriel windows. The roof over the hall was raised in the 17th century, and dormer windows were inserted, finished with acorn drop finials. The two-storey cross wing is to the east and features jetties to the north, supported by four curved jetty brackets. It has one first-floor casement window and one gabled three-light casement dormer window. A boarded door is on the left, and a half-glazed door is on the right, in a lobby entry position. There are three ground-floor casement windows, with one ovolo mullioned window on the east facade. Inside the cross wing, there are square sectioned floor joists, a pair of blocked doorways with two-centred heads to the former cross passage, a triple-roll-moulded ceiling beam, a cambered tie beam with curved braces and a crown post, and a chamfered four-centred arch to the south fireplace. The main range has posts from the earlier building, exposed 17th-century framing, and stop-chamfered principal floor joists, possibly reset. There are sealed open hearths, and a bedroom fireplace with plaster decoration. A 17th-century boundary wall is attached to the south, featuring a dentil cornice and brick coping.