Hogwell'S Farmhouse

Hogwell's Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a timber frame with a 19th-century facade of painted brick in English bond, while the rest of the building is plastered. The roof is covered with handmade red clay tiles. The house has three bays facing west, with an approximately central stack that creates a lobby entrance. At the rear, there is a 19th-century two-storey lean-to extension that forms a catslide, along with a 19th-century external stack. A 20th-century lean-to porch has been added to the rear. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window range of 19th-century casements set in segmental arches, along with a four-panel door in a segmental arch. Inside, there are chamfered transverse beams and plain joists of large vertical section, which are jointed to the beams with soffit tenons and diminished haunches; some joists in the right bay have been reset. There are two wood-burning hearths, but the interior of the roof structure has not been inspected. The name "Hogwell" can be traced back to a rental from 1489, when it was described as 'a tenement and 4 acres', and it is shown as "Kings" on Chapman and André's map of 1777.