Lower House Farmhouse

Lower House Farmhouse is a house dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building features a 2-bay east crosswing from the 15th century, which juts out to the south, and a 3-bay main range to the west with a long jetty to the south, dating from the 16th century. There is a chimney stack located in the middle bay of the main range against the south wall, which is from the late 16th century, and an external chimney stack at the west end, dating from the 18th or 19th century.

To the north of the crosswing, there is a 2-bay extension, along with a stair tower in the northwest corner, both from the late 16th or early 17th century. Additionally, there is a single-storey extension to the north of the west bay of the main range from the 19th century, as well as another extension to the west of it. The house has two storeys and faces south. The entrance features a 19th-century half-glazed door, and there are two tripartite double-hung windows with 4-12-4 lights from the early 19th century, along with one 20th-century casement window on each floor.

On the east elevation, there is one double-hung sash window with 16 lights from the 18th century on the ground floor, and on the first floor, there are two 18th-century windows, each with one wrought iron casement and one fixed light, along with rectangular leading. This elevation also retains a complete set of original sprockets. The building has jowled posts and heavy studding throughout. The east crosswing features a plain-chamfered binding beam with plain stops, and the joists are of horizontal section jointed to it with unrefined soffit tenons. Originally, this wing had a crownpost roof, but it was converted to a clasped purlin form in the late 16th century.

On the first floor, there is some original wattle and daub infill in the wall between the crosswing and the main range, as well as an unglazed window that was blocked with wattle and daub when the 16th-century main range was added. A doorway with a 4-centred doorhead is present on the first floor between the crosswing and its northern extension. The main range has plain-chamfered axial beams, and the joists in the west bay are plastered to the soffits, while in the other bays, the joists are of horizontal section and plain-chamfered with step stops. The crown post roof in the main range is complete, featuring plain crownposts with thin curved axial braces.