Wiggens Farmhouse

Wiggens Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with extensions added in the 20th century. It is constructed of timber frame, with plaster infill, and has a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The house comprises a three-bay range aligned east-west, with an axial chimney stack at the west end of the middle bay, and a north-south range of three bays at the east end, with an axial chimney stack at the north end of the middle bay, forming an L-shaped plan. The south side faces onto the view. An early 20th-century extension runs along the full length of the rear of the east-west range. The house has a single storey with attics in one part and two storeys in another. A door is set within a tiled gabled porch, and there are four casement windows, all dating from the 20th century. On the first floor, there are two 19th-century horizontally sliding sash windows with eight lights, one 20th-century casement window, and another in a gabled dormer. The main chimney stack has two recessed panels at its base, bearing the inscribed date 1598 in cement render, and four octagonal shafts with moulded bases. The shafts are partly cement-rendered and rebuilt at the top in the 20th century. The interior features plain-chamfered axial beams with exposed horizontal section joists, except in the west bay. A floor has been inserted into the east-west range, supported on clamps, whereas the floor in the north-south range is original. The late 16th-century chimney stack consists primarily of brickwork, with the east-facing ground-floor hearth repaired with 20th-century brickwork. An unglazed window with five diamond mullions is located on the first floor, within an internal wall between the two blocks. Both roofs have been rebuilt. An estate map by Edward Hemlyn, dated 1781, shows Wiggens Farm as an 83-acre holding and is currently in the possession of the owner.