Oak Farnhouse

Oak Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber-framed, with plaster infill and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main range, facing southwest, has three bays and a 19th-century external stack at the rear. A three-bay crosswing projects forward to the right, with a single-bay extension to the rear, resulting in a T-shaped plan. A further 19th-century external stack is on the right side of the crosswing. A single-storey extension is located behind the left bay of the main range, and a 20th-century lean-to porch is set into the front angle. The house has two storeys, with three 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor and four on the first floor. A 20th-century glazed door provides access. The crosswing has a hipped roof at the rear. The house features jowled posts, close studding, and a roof with arched wind-bracing and clasped purlins. The crosswing has an underbuilt jetty and shutter grooves on the front, with blocked, unglazed windows on the right side and rear. An original ground-floor partition between the middle and rear bays of the main range incorporates unusual serpentine bracing. The house contains chamfered binding beams with plain stops; plain joists of horizontal section; a small Victorian cast iron grate on the first floor; and chamfered axial beams with lamb’s tongue stops, along with plain joists of vertical section, in the main range.