Troys Farm

Troy's Farm, formerly known as Little Troys, is a building of uncertain purpose that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 14th century to early 15th century and underwent alterations in the late 16th century and early 19th century. The structure is timber framed, plastered, and has a slate roof. It features four bays facing northeast, with a late 16th-century stack located in the second bay from the left against the rear wall and an external stack at the right end. There is a single-storey extension at the rear of the right end. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range of sash windows with 12 lights; one on the ground floor and two on the first floor are early 19th-century, while the others are 20th-century replacements. The front of the building has an early 19th-century six-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, set within a gabled porch. The roof is low-pitched with long projecting eaves and features an underbuilt jetty along the entire front length.

Inside, the right ground floor room has exposed studding, revealing a blocked wide window with moulded jambs beneath the jetty. The building has solid braces of wide section joined to binding beams, which appear cambered on the upper surface. There are wide plain joists of heavy section, closely spaced across the full span of the building, and exceptional height at both storeys. The steeply cranked tiebeams have mortices and double pegging for crownposts. The front wallplate features an edge-halved and bridled scarf joint. The roof has been rebuilt above the tiebeam level. Mortices and wattle grooves indicate a full-height partition that originally separated the left bay from the rest of the building, which was initially open. The unusual design of this high yet relatively narrow building, along with its strong construction and possible cambered first floor, suggests it may have been built as a hunt standing or for another special purpose. Its location on high ground at the edge of the parish, facing inward, supports this theory, as the ground slopes away to the rear, making it unlikely to have been part of a larger house extending to the southwest.