Lee'S Farmhouse

Lee's Farmhouse is a house that dates from the late 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and 18th centuries, and further changes in the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with some brick cladding, and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The main range from the 17th century consists of two bays and is oriented approximately north-south, featuring an axial stack at the southern end. To the south, there is a late 16th-century crosswing that extends to the east and has three bays. The building is two storeys tall.

To the west of the main range, there is an 18th-century wing that has a stack in the southeast corner and is one storey with attics, along with a 19th-century catslide extension to the north. The west elevation of the main range has one early 19th-century sash window with 12+12 lights on the ground floor and a 20th-century equivalent on the first floor. A 20th-century glazed door is located at the front of a 20th-century lean-to porch, which is weatherboarded and has a roof made of ornamental clay tiles, situated in the southwest angle.

Inside, the gable of the crosswing features a high arched collar that is exposed, and all three blocks have shaped sprockets below the eaves. There is a trace of 18th-century zigzag patterned plaster on the north wall of the west wing, surrounded by modern plaster. A 19th-century casement window is found in the lean-to dormer of the catslide roof, while 20th-century casements are present elsewhere. The main range includes chamfered axial and transverse beams that are unstopped, with joists plastered to the soffits. The two back-to-back wood-burning hearths have been significantly altered with modern brickwork. The central truss features principal rafters that are dovetailed directly to the wallplates without a tiebeam.

The crosswing has an underbuilt jetty at the eastern end, with chamfered transverse and axial beams that have lamb's tongue stops. The exposed joists are also chamfered with lamb's tongue stops and have a horizontal section. The roof is a clasped purlin type. On the ground floor, there is a corner cupboard from around 1800 in the middle bay, which has an elliptical arched head, a dentilled cornice, and profiled shelves. On the first floor, the southern wall features a 17th-century panelled dado that has been painted, and there is a 17th-century moulded four-plank door to the east of the stack. The west wing contains an 18th or 19th-century corner hearth, and on the upper floor, a plastered partition is marked with the date 1786.