Nicoll Farm House

House. Built around 1500, with a crosswing added around 1600, and altered in the mid-17th century. A further extension, alterations, and refronting occurred in the early and mid-18th century, with 19th and 20th-century additions later. Originally a timber-framed structure, it now has brick walls, whitewashed to the front, with some weatherboarding. The roof is tiled. The original layout was three bays, incorporating a two-bay open hall, with a parlour crosswing added to the right. It is now two storeys high. The entrance is on the far left of the original house, with a later hipped roof porch. An early 18th-century, one-bay kitchen extension is situated to the left, and two bays have been refronted in brick with a plat band over the first floor and a parapet. Timber casements have segmental heads. A mid-17th-century axial ridge stack is located to the left of the original house, featuring three diagonal shafts. A later 18th-century brick front faces the right bay of the hall and parlour wing, with a plat band and parapet. Ground floor casements and 19th-century French windows are present. The right return of the parlour wing shows an original English bond external stack, partially hidden by a 19th-century addition with a lower roof. The left return features a weatherboarded first floor and a half-hip roof. A 20th-century rear extension is to the left. A rear gable is visible on the parlour wing, and an external 18th-century stack is located at the rear of the hall. Ground floor casements and first-floor horizontal sliding sashes are present on the rear elevation. Inside, the only original feature from around 1500 is a soot-blackened hall roof, with clasped purlins and wind braces. The wing has a clasped purlin roof, and a mid-17th-century floor was inserted using stopped ovolo moulded spine beams with run-out stops. A mid-19th-century wall now extends forward from the front, separating the garden from the farmyard. Brick piers with ball finials and gates are attached to the front. The group value derives from the building’s historical significance as a well-preserved example of a timber-framed building that has evolved over centuries.