Castle Farmhouse

House. Built around 1730, with a possible earlier south wing, and some late 18th century remodelling of the front elevation. The construction incorporates reused stone, timber framing with roughcast rendering, and plaster rendered surfaces. The roof is tiled, with a hipped east end and a wood modillion eaves cornice to the north front. The ridge has red brick stacks, rebuilt above the roofline. The house is arranged in an L-shape, with a main range running east to west. It has a basement, two storeys, and an attic.

The north front is defined by rusticated quoins and divided by a flat band of key pattern decoration with a moulded lower edge extending over the doorcase. The ground and first floors have roughcast render. The attic storey on the west side is jettied. There are three first-floor double-hung sash windows with twelve panes each. One window opening has been blocked. Two ground floor windows have sixteen panes each. A set of steps leads to a doorway with a moulded doorcase and a six-panelled door, including four glazed panels.

A domestic wing to the south is constructed of reused stone with plaster rendering. This wing also has two storeys and an attic, with a gable dormer on the west side. Two hung sashes are on the west side, with a later 18th to early 19th century tripartite sash window. The east wall of the domestic wing incorporates two reset early 18th century hung sashes with original ovolo moulded glazing bars.

The interior features stop-chamfered spine beams in the rear range. The main range has an early 19th century doorcase. The roof has a staggered butt purlin structure.

The site is close to the remains of a motte and bailey castle and a deserted medieval village. Castle Camps was formerly owned by the De Vere family and rebuilt several times. An engraving of 1730 by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck depicts a multi-gabled house with a 15th century brick tower. The Charterhouse became owners around 1730 and built much of the current structure.