Marshalls Farmhouse

Marshalls Farmhouse is a house dating from around 1600, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of timber framing, with plaster infill and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The house has four bays arranged roughly north-west to south-east, facing southwest. An axial chimney stack is located in the second bay from the north-west, but does not create a lobby entrance. There is an external chimney stack to the south-east end, and an original rear stair tower is positioned opposite the internal chimney stack. A single-storey lean-to extension is situated in the east angle. The house is two storeys high, with attics.

On the ground floor, there is one original window with three lights and ovolo-moulded mullions. Other ground floor openings include a 20th-century casement window, a central front door set within a 20th-century tiled gabled porch supported by round wooden posts with square bases, and two early 19th-century double-hung sash windows, each with 16 lights. The first floor has two late 19th-century windows with horizontally sliding sashes of 12 lights, and two early 19th-century double-hung sash windows, each with 16 lights. The external plasterwork is decorated with panels exhibiting various designs, applied in the 20th century.

The internal chimney stack has grouped diagonal shafts. The timber frame is partly exposed internally and reveals jowled storey posts. There is ogee-curved tension bracing trenched inside the studs. A transverse beam located just south-east of the stack is plain-chamfered with richly carved stops. A first-floor hearth features a depressed arch and moulded jambs, built of brick with original plaster facing, dating from the early 17th century. The roof is a clasped purlin structure. Group Value: This property contributes to the historical and architectural character of the area.