Farmhouse At Cromer Farm

Cromer Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed house, dating from around 1500. It is an open hall house featuring two jettied cross-wings, a central chimney, and a floor over the hall that was added in the late 16th or early 17th century. The south wing was enlarged to the east in the 17th century, while the northeast wing was added in the 20th century. The building has a timber frame that is roughcast, with exposed framing on the front of the ground floor of the cross-wings and the upper floor of the south wing. It has steep old red tile roofs and is designed in an H-plan, standing two storeys tall and facing west.

The hall range in the middle is one and a half storeys high, featuring a gabled dormer at the eaves and a large central chimney located near the south end, which backs onto the cross-passage. The jettied upper floors of the cross-wings are supported by bull-nose joists and knee braces, with tension braces present in the upper floor of the south wing. Each floor has three windows, which are fitted with flush leaded 18th-century lattice casements. The central chimney has a single hexagonal shaft, while there is a later external chimney on the north side of the north (parlour) wing, which has diagonal square shafts that have been rebuilt.

Inside, the timbers are exposed, showcasing close studding, curved tension braces, heavy square-section joists, a moulded axial beam, and chamfered and stopped joists in the hall. There is a 4-centred arched rear doorway, and the former exterior framing of the house is visible in the extension, along with traces of a large hall window and shutter recesses. The central hall truss features hollow chamfered posts and braces, and the roof has a smoke-blackened clasped-purlin structure without end trusses. The south service wing is axially divided, and the upper part of the hall chimney stack has crow-stepped decoration.