Wyldingtree Farmhouse

Wyldingtree Farmhouse is a large lobby-entrance house dating from around 1600, with a 16th-century wing. It has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber framed, partly plastered, but mainly covered in late 19th-century red brickwork with blue bands in Flemish bond, and it is roofed with red clay tiles from the 19th century. The house is aligned approximately east-west with a northern aspect and features a central chimney stack with six hearths, along with another chimney stack at the west end.

To the west, there is a 16th-century crosswing from an earlier house, and the west wing forms an L shape. A late 19th-century extension has been added to the rear of the central chimney stack, featuring two external chimney stacks on the east wall. There is also a single-storey lean-to extension between this and the 16th-century crosswing, which is from the 20th century. The lobby-entrance house has two storeys and attics, while the section to the west has two storeys.

On the north elevation of the lobby-entrance house, there is a six-panel door with the upper two panels glazed, set within a doorcase that has two engaged Doric columns and an open pediment. There are late 19th-century bay windows on each side, three late 19th-century casement windows on the first floor, and one small casement window from the 20th century. The elevation is made of red brick in Flemish bond with blue brick bands, and the main chimney stack has six grouped octagonal shafts.

The west section has a plastered elevation with a central door and two casement windows on each floor, all from the 20th century. Inside the lobby-entrance house, there are plain chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops, and the joists are unchamfered where exposed on the ground and first floors. On the first floor, there are two hearths with depressed brick arches and moulded lintels, with original plaster to the west of the stack, while the east side has been stripped to brickwork. In the 16th-century west crosswing, there is one plain-chamfered beam with a single step stop still intact, and an unglazed window with diamond mullions is situated in an internal wall on the first floor. The west house is the earlier of the two but has been extensively altered, likely serving as service accommodation since the 17th century. Although the lobby-entrance house has a Victorian appearance externally, it retains much of its original form and is an exceptionally large example of its type.