Champions Farmhouse

Champions Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the late medieval period, with alterations made in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The house features a 2-bay hall range facing north, which has an 18th-century external stack at the right end, and a 2-bay service crosswing at the left end. There is a 17th-century extension beyond the crosswing, which includes a 19th-century external stack at the rear. Additionally, there is an 18th-century rear extension with an axial stack, creating a T-shaped plan.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has one early 18th-century window with three lights and one with two lights on each floor. Each window has a wrought iron casement and rectangular leaded glazing, including some early glass. The front door is 18th-century, featuring six fielded panels and three small lights, set in a moulded doorcase with a pedimented hood supported by scrolled brackets. There is plaster coving below the eaves, and similar early 18th-century windows can be found elsewhere, including two three-light windows on the left return wall and one two-light casement window and one with two fixed lights on the right return wall.

The roof was reconstructed in the 17th century to create a continuous double-pitch, which means the crosswing does not appear as such from the outside. Inside, there are jowled posts, exposed close studding, and a cambered tiebeam in the crosswing, which was originally designed for a crownpost roof. The roof also contains many re-used smoke-blackened rafters from the medieval hall, which have been adapted for the collars of a crownpost construction. The parlour or solar end has been demolished, and it is unclear whether the walls of the medieval hall still exist, having been raised in the 17th century, or if the hall range was rebuilt at that time. This building is notable for having undergone little change since the early 18th century, and the windows, complete with spring catches, are of particular interest.