Leapingwell'S Farmhouse

Leapingwell's Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 16th century, with additions from the 17th and early 19th centuries. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The original 16th-century section consists of a two-bay range that is one storey high with attics, aligned northeast to southwest, featuring an internal stack in the southwest bay. This section was extended to the southwest by one bay around 1600.

At the northeast end, there is a 17th-century crosswing that is two storeys high with attics, extending to the southeast. This crosswing has an original internal stack at the northwest end and an 18th-century stack in the middle. To the southwest, there is an early 19th-century range that is also two storeys high and runs parallel to the 16th-century range, with an internal stack at the southwest end. The overall layout forms an approximately square plan facing southeast, with small lean-to extensions on the left and rear.

On the ground floor, there are two late 19th-century splayed bays featuring sash windows with 2-4-2 lights. The first floor has two early 19th-century tripartite sashes with 2-6-2 lights, along with a central sash window with 6 lights, all made with crown glass. The central entrance has a late 19th-century half-glazed door set in an early 19th-century moulded architrave, complete with a plain overlight and a canopy above, connecting the two bays. The front range has a hipped roof with a shallow pitch.

The original 16th-century range includes an unglazed window with six diamond mullions at the northeast end and another window with three of six mullions at the southwest end, both of which are now enclosed by later buildings. Inside, there is a chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops, and chamfered joists with horizontal sections and lamb's tongue stops. The 17th-century range features chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops on both floors and plain joists with vertical sections. The walls have primary straight bracing. The original stack includes a wood-burning hearth with rounded inside splays. There is a 17th-century oak stair leading from the ground to the attic, featuring a wide moulded handrail, heavy pegged newels, and a small open well; the balusters are covered by plywood but are believed to still be present.