Hammonds Farmhouse

Hammonds Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with extensions added in the 18th century. It is timber framed, roughcast rendered, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The southern crosswing, which consists of two bays, is a remnant of a hall house from the early 16th century, featuring an external chimney stack to the south that dates to the early 17th century. The main range, also two bays, occupies the site of the original hall and was built in the later 16th century, complete with an axial chimney stack in the northern bay, around 1600. The northern crosswing extends to the west and has an internal chimney stack from the 18th century.

There is a stair tower in the southwest angle with a single-storey lean-to extension beyond, and the building has an eastern aspect. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The entrance features a six-panel door, four of which are glazed, set in a simple doorcase with a shallow hood from the late 18th century. The house has three pairs of double-hung sash windows with nine lights, dating to the early 19th century. On the first floor, there is one similar pair of sash windows, one double-hung sash window with twelve lights from the early 19th century, and one wrought iron casement window from the 17th century, which has rectangular leaded glass.

The roof has a gablet at the southern end, formed by the main range extending over the lower crosswing, and a hipped dormer with a 20th-century casement window. The main stack features grouped diagonal shafts, while the northern wing is hipped. Some of the framing is exposed internally, showcasing jowled posts. The southern crosswing has curved tension braces that are trenched to the inside of the studs, a plain-chamfered bridging beam with step stops, and an arched mantel beam with shallow moulding. The northern end of the main range has been used as a 'smoke bay'—though it is not a complete bay—resulting in smoke blackening in that part of the roof during a brief period in the later 16th century before a brick chimney stack was inserted in the same position around 1600. The interior of the ground floor hearth is plastered but has not been reduced in size.