Blois Farmhouse

Blois Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame that is plastered and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has a three-bay crosswing aligned approximately north-south, which is from the late 16th century, and a three-bay range to the west, built around 1600, creating an L-shaped plan.

The original axial chimney stack is located in the middle bay of the east-west range, with a stair tower to the north of it. There is a single-storey lean-to extension between the stair tower and the northern wing, which has a slate roof and dates from the 19th century. The farmhouse is two storeys high.

On the south elevation, there is a six-panel door set in a simple doorcase with a dentilled cornice below a hood, dating from the 18th century. The elevation also features early 19th-century French windows with marginal lights, one early 19th-century tripartite sash window with 4-12-4 lights, and one late 19th-century tripartite sash window with 2-4-2 lights. On the first floor, there is one early 19th-century sash window with 16 lights and three late 19th-century tripartite sash windows with 2-4-2 lights. The gable of the crosswing has 19th-century fretted bargeboards, and the chimney stack has grouped diagonal shafts. Some of the early 19th-century windows on this elevation and the east elevation contain crown glass.

At the rear, there is a dormer with an 18th-century window featuring three fixed lights with rectangular leading and some 18th-century glass. Inside, the farmhouse has jowled posts, curved bracing set within heavy studding, and edge-halved and bridled scarfs in the wallplates. The ground floor has axial and transverse beams, some of which are boxed in while others are plain-chamfered. The crosswing has a cambered tiebeam and a clasped purlin roof. There are two large wood-burning hearths that have been reduced for coal grates.