Harmes Farmhouse

Harmes Farmhouse is a house of medieval origin, significantly altered in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is timber framed, with plaster infill and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The house is composed of three bays aligned roughly northeast to southwest, with a central chimney stack in the southwest bay. A crosswing is located at the southwest end, featuring an external chimney stack on its northwest gable. A single-storey lean-to extension, dating from the 19th century, is attached to the northeast end.

The southeast elevation has a late 18th-century six-panel flush door with glazed upper panels and a shallow moulded hood. There are three late 18th-century casement windows on the ground floor, each with a shallow moulded hood. The first floor has three 20th-century casement windows, and one semi-circular window with intersected tracery. A firemark is embedded in the plaster, bearing a phoenix design with an oblique spear and the slogan 'Protection.' The northeast gable features two 18th-century windows: one with two fixed lights and a wrought iron casement in a hardwood frame, and the other with a single wrought iron casement. Some timber framing is exposed internally. The crosswing incorporates jowled posts and axial beams with lamb’s tongue stops, while the main block has unjowled posts. The axial chimney stack is late 16th century and has been repaired at ground floor level.

The house began as a medieval hall, likely with a service area at the southwest end. In the late 16th century, a chimney stack and floor were inserted into the hall, both of which remain largely intact. An early 17th-century parlour crosswing was added to the southwest, with the northeast end becoming the service end, a layout that persists today. During the 18th century, the side walls of the hall were raised or rebuilt to create two full storeys, and the roof was replaced.