Three Chimneys Farmhouse

Three Chimneys Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with extensions added in the 19th century. It features a timber frame, mostly plastered, with some brick cladding, and is partly roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The southern crosswing, which is two bays wide, is from the 16th century, while the northern three-bay range is from the 17th century. There is one axial chimney stack at the junction of these sections and two additional axial stacks. The northern extension, built of red brick, dates to the late 19th century.

The building faces east and has a door with six fielded panels and a rectangular light above featuring radiating tracery. There are two tripartite double-hung sash windows with 4-16-4 lights and one double-hung sash window with 16 lights, all from the early 19th century. On the first floor, there are four double-hung sash windows with 16 lights, also early 19th century, and some crown glass is present. In the northern extension, there are two casement windows on each floor, with brick labels above the ground floor windows, dating to the 19th century.

The southern crosswing has jowled posts and curved braces that are trenched to the outside of heavy studding. The binding beam was originally moulded but has since been squared off, and all joists have a horizontal section with bowtell mouldings. The clasped purlin roof is hipped to the rear only. The main range features primary straight bracing, two plain-chamfered transverse beams (one with lamb's tongue stops), and joists of vertical section. At the time of the survey in October 1983, the main range had been newly roofed, but the southern chimney stack was partly demolished, and the southern crosswing lacked roof cladding. This building is located at the junction of three parishes: Stambourne, Ridgewell, and Birdbrook. While it was included in Stambourne in the RCHM survey and the 1952 schedule, it is more appropriately classified under Ridgewell, as access is from this parish.