Spinney Farmhouse

Spinney Farmhouse is an early 15th-century hall house, with alterations dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is timber framed and has been weatherboarded, with a roof of handmade red clay tiles. It originally comprised a two-bay hall aligned approximately northwest-southeast, facing southwest, with a contemporary two-bay crosswing at the southeast end. An 18th-century external chimney stack stands on the northeast end of the crosswing, and a 19th-century chimney stack is located on the southwest end. A 20th-century crosswing sits at the northwest end, incorporating two chimney stacks in its northwest wall. A single-storey lean-to extension with a slate roof adjoins the northwest side, while another extends from the northeast wall of the hall between the crosswings. The crosswings are two storeys high, while the hall is single-storey with attics. On the southwest elevation, a 20th-century door replaces the original front door, alongside three 20th-century casement windows. The first floor has two additional windows; one is within a 20th-century gabled dormer. Some timber framing is visible internally, showcasing jowled posts. A late 16th-century inserted floor within the hall features a transverse beam and longitudinal joists of vertical section, which are plain chamfered with concave-plus-bar stops and supported on clamps. The hall roof has been rebuilt, incorporating many smoke-blackened rafters suggestive of a former crownpost roof. The southeast crosswing was originally the service end, initially divided into two ground floor rooms by a partition that has now been removed. The central post on the tilt side displays rebates for twin doors opening inwards and mortices for two missing doorheads. The beam is plain chamfered with step stops. The joists were originally unchamfered, but have since been given 20th-century chamfers and stops replicating those of the later inserted floor in the hall. The roof is of crownpost construction, with arched braces to the central tiebeam. The central crownpost has two curved braces down to the tiebeam and two arched braces to the collar purlin.