Clarkes Farmhouse

Clarkes Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 16th and 18th centuries, with later alterations and additions. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with red plain tiled roofs. The building features a gabled crosswing on the left, which has an external chimney stack, and an off-centre left chimney stack on the main range. The crosswing is two storeys high, while the right range is one storey with attics. There is a small gabled dormer with a roundel on the left and a three-light gabled dormer on the right. The windows are 20th-century three-light casements, and there is a slanting red tiled porch between them. The entrance has a 19th-century four-panel door with a moulded surround. The crosswing and the left bay of the main range are from the 16th century, with an 18th-century extension to the right. Inside, there are heavy arched halved braces in the 16th-century structure, stop-chamfered bridging and ceiling joists, and an inglenook fireplace. The roof features arch-braced side purlins. The farmhouse was farmed by Henry Bloomfield of Bloomfields Farm on Wick Lane in 1796 and was once owned by the actor Garrick.