Baggarett'S Farmhouse

House. Dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries, it was altered in the 20th century. The house is timber framed, with some plaster remaining to show the framing, mostly clad in red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern, and has a roof of handmade red plain tiles. It originally comprised a two-bay hall facing east, featuring a mid-16th century stack against the rear wall of the right bay. The original two-bay parlour/solar crosswing is to the left and was extended forward by two bays in the early 16th century, with an internal stack placed between the wings. A 20th century crosswing was added to the right, extending forward creating a half-H shaped plan, with a central stack. Further 20th century single-storey extensions are on the right of this wing. The house has two storeys. All windows are 20th century casements. A 20th century door is in place. The front and back gables are plastered. The exposed framing on the front of the hall retains the sill and transom of a large unglazed window in the left bay; this has now been reduced by inserted studding and moulded mullions to create a small first-floor window. The 20th century doors at the front and back are in the original window openings. The butt of the central transverse beam of the mid-16th century inserted floor is visible externally. Original sprockets are visible below the eaves. Jowled posts and close studding are present. The inserted floor features entirely moulded beams, including the transverse beam, longitudinal bridging beams, horizontal section joists, and pegged clamps. The mantel beam of the wide wood-burning hearth is also similarly moulded, and some of the brickwork has been repaired using early bricks. A 20th century doorway, with double-ogee moulded jambs and a hollow-chamfered 4-centred arch, has been inserted; it was relocated from a medieval building. The middle and right trusses of the hall have cambered tiebeams, chamfered with step stops, each retaining one of two deep arched braces. The right tiebeam is unchamfered on the right side, indicating the original hall structure was butted against an earlier building, now replaced by the 20th century wing. The roof is a crownpost roof with original rafters and collars, an octagonal crownpost with step stops and axial bracing, and rafter holes – all heavily blackened. The front wallplate is rebated for hinged shutters. The original left crosswing has a moulded binding beam and moulded horizontal section joists with broach stops, although the braces to the central tiebeam have been replaced in the 20th century. The 2-bay forward extension has a chamfered binding beam, plain horizontal section joists, and a crownpost roof with thin axial bracing. The right crosswing incorporates much re-used hardwood. This is a house of exceptional quality, almost certainly a manor house. A major renovation in the 1930s introduced re-used components and some imitation work, but without damaging the original structure.