Lordship Farmhouse

Lordship Farmhouse is a manor house with construction spanning the 14th-15th centuries, 1699, and the 18th-19th centuries. It is timber framed, with plaster rendering and sections stuccoed and incised to resemble stone ashlar. The roofs are now covered with asbestos slate, but were originally tiled, with a steep pitch. The house has two parallel ranges adjoining each other, with gable ends facing the road. A large stack is located between the medieval range and the 18th-century section, and another side stack is at the rear of the 1699 section. The principal front now faces the garden. The front has three early 19th-century window openings at first floor, including a tripartite hung sash window. Further early 19th-century sash windows flank the doorway, which itself has an early 19th-century doorcase and hood.

The three bays of a medieval house's parlour crosswing remain intact within the northern range. These bays have original gable end walls visible in the roof, which was rebuilt in the mid-20th century, although the principal trusses remain. The roof is of butt purlin construction, with vacant mortices for the purlins. The tie beams are cambered, the posts are jowled, and the principal rafters are halved and pegged at the apex. There is no visible evidence of a crown post roof or bracing to the tie beams. The parlour crosswing originally consisted of two storeys; the ground floor room's main beam has arch braces, and the first floor room was open to the roof. The roof timbers are chamfered, and there is evidence of a window in the gable end facing the road. Smoke blackening in the roof indicates a past fire. Three bays were added to the end of this range in 1699, featuring straight wall bracing and staggered studwork. A large inglenook is present in the kitchen, which appears to have been extended when the 18th-century section was added or rebuilt. This later wing forms the second parallel range and is also timber framed, though the framing is not visible internally. It includes a cellar and is two storeys high. The internal detail throughout this section of the house is primarily from the early-mid 19th century, matching the style of the windows. The site is on a moated area. Three bays in the north range represent remnants of the medieval manor house belonging to the Argentine family. The date "1699" on the gable end of the north range may indicate the date of additions to the rear and suggest rebuilding during that time. The property was sold around 1703 to Richard Hitch.