Willis Farmhouse

Willis Farmhouse is a house dating from the early 14th century and early 16th century. It is timber framed, with the frame exposed on the exterior and some weatherboarding on the north side. The roof is made of red plain tiles. The building has an L-shaped plan, featuring an early 14th-century crosswing on the north side that is jettied and hipped, with a gablet to the east. This wing extends west by three bays from the early 16th century. The main range, also from the early 16th century, is two storeys high and has a long wall jetty, along with a two-storey jettied and gabled porch at the southwest corner. The windows are a mix of 19th-century vertical sliding sashes and casements, arranged in a 1:2 window range. There is a small 19th-century single-storey canted bay with a flat roof at the centre front. The north wall features a 16th-century red brick chimney with two octagonal shafts, which is partly collapsed at the top, alongside a 19th-century red brick chimney stack and a central 16th-century red brick chimney that has been partly rebuilt at the top. The 16th-century frame is close studded, with curved wall bracing and a cambered tie beam.

Inside, most of the original framing remains intact, including stop-chamfered bridging and common floor joints, jointed storey posts, and several original door and window openings. There are some 16th-century and 17th-century doors. The north wing has a 16th-century simple crown post roof that extends over the earlier range, while the main range features a 16th-century crown post roof that has been extensively altered in the 17th century. The principal tie beams have arch bracing. The central chimney stack includes original inglenook fireplaces with a mantel beam and two plastered recesses above. The 16th-century north chimney stack has original fireplaces with four-centred brick arches and moulded and stopped reveals. The upper storey contains three rooms with late 16th-century wall paintings, which consist of large rectangular panels with complex motifs in red, green, and black.