Covers Farmhouse

Covers Farmhouse is a house dating from the early 17th century, with 20th-century alterations. It is timber-framed and rendered, topped with hipped peg-tiled roofs, and has two storeys. The original 17th-century structure consists of a three-celled block, with the eastern cell previously serving as a cross-wing. A 17th-century stair tower is located between the central hall and the cross-wing at the eastern end. There is a principal stack on the rear wall of the hall and two smaller stacks, which are 18th or 19th century, made of red brick in stretcher bond, positioned at the eastern and western ends of the house.

The rear of the hall features a 20th-century jettied projection, along with a continuous rear outshut that connects to a 20th-century cross-wing extension at the eastern end. The western end of the original house has also been rebuilt in the 20th century. Most windows in the house, except for one in the stair tower, are 20th-century wooden casements with glazing bars. The front south elevation has a three-window arrangement on the ground floor, all with three lights, and two two-light windows on the first floor, with a central three-light window. The rear elevation has irregularly placed windows, including a French window on the western face of the cross-wing. A 20th-century boarded door serves as the front door at the western end of the main range.

Inside, the house has been heavily rebuilt, but retains the original window site on the ground floor at the front of the hall, along with a lateral fireplace featuring a timber lintel. The cross-wing has an elm bridging joist and was likely built or rebuilt later in the 17th century. There is evidence of mullioned windows on the eastern side of the stair tower. The house is mentioned in Morant's work from 1768.