Green Farmhouse And Attached Farm Buildings

Green Farmhouse and attached farm buildings are located in Bovingdon and date from the late 15th century, with a 16th-century inserted floor and a former timber-framed chimney. The buildings underwent renovations in the 18th century, which included the addition of a brick chimney and partial casing to the house. The eastern range of farm buildings is from the 17th century or earlier, while the western range is from the 18th century. The structures feature timber frames on brick sills, with the house being cased in red brick, although the western part of the front displays exposed framing.

The entrance range at the eastern end of the house is dark weatherboarded, and there is a lower red brick stable at the western end that connects to a weatherboarded barn. The roofs are steep and covered with old red tiles on the house and eastern range, while the western range has slate roofs and a hipped barn roof. The house is a long, one-and-a-half-storey structure with four windows facing north and an entrance passage leading to a rear courtyard next to the eastern gable.

The ground floor has three four-light small paned casements with gauged segmental arches, and there are three gabled dormers—two on the left-hand side at the eaves and one cutting through the eaves due to a differing floor level. Inside, there are three internal chimneys, and the entrance is from the courtyard. Originally, the house was an open hall of two bays with a storeyed bay at each end, showing some soot blackening in the clasped-purlin roof. There is no evidence of a stair in the western end (parlour), suggesting that an outside stair previously provided access to the upper floor. The tile parlour features an axial floor beam and large flat joists, while the eastern service bay originally had axial joists. A 16th-century floor was inserted in the hall, and a wooden chimney backs onto the cross-passage, with a beam offset from the center to accommodate the stack. The chimney on the two-storey part would have been external at the western end, and the 18th-century brick chimney replaced the older one. The eastern range of farm buildings includes a gabled porch on the eastern side serving the barn, and there is an L-shaped stable at the western end that connects to a large barn with a hipped porch on the eastern side facing the courtyard.