Cootes Farmhouse

Cootes Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with extensions added in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed with a timber frame, plastered walls, and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main range is aligned approximately north-south, with a jettied northern end and an axial chimney stack at the southern end. A crosswing is located to the south, also jettied to the east, and there are two further south extensions with an end chimney stack. The house is two storeys high. The east-facing elevation features a six-panel door, three early 19th century tripartite double-hung sash windows (each with 4-12-4 lights), and one 20th century casement window. A bressumer with running vine carving is supported by two plain brackets. On the first floor, there are four late 17th/early 18th century windows, each with one wrought iron casement and rectangular leading, with combinations of fixed and opening lights, along with one 20th century casement window. The bressumer of the gable projects and is carved with a running vine ornament, and two similarly carved brackets below it form a depressed arch with three turned pendants. The original bargeboards are carved in a matching style, with a modern finial. The main chimney stack has grouped diagonal shafts. One of the first-floor front windows contains an external inscription in glass reading ‘John Choat 24 Feb 1778’, likely commemorating the glazier.