Bury Farm House

House. Dating back to 1422, when it was in the possession of the Crown, the house was substantially rebuilt in the mid-16th century for R. Chester, and further extended in the early 17th century. Later in the 17th century, stacks were inserted, floors were added, and the house was raised. A late 18th-century refronting completed the visible history of the building's exterior. The construction is a mix of timber frame with largely red brick, with black brick diapering. The steeply pitched tiled roof is a defining feature.

Originally, the house was arranged with a hall to the right and a storeyed parlour/chamber to the left, the latter rebuilt in the 16th century and extended further to the left in the 17th century. The house now presents as a two-story building with cellars and attics. The front elevation appears as four unequal bays, with wider spacing on the right side. A four-panelled, part-glazed door sits slightly left of centre, protected by a timber portico supported by octagonal columns and featuring a pedimental tiled head. A rendered plinth is visible. Sixteen-pane sashes are recessed deeply on the ground floor, whereas the first-floor sashes have shallower reveals indicating the originally jettied nature of those wings. The ground floor and first floor windows on the right side have cambered heads. The right gable end features a large 17th-century external stack with a rebuilt capping. The left gable end exhibits 17th-century brickwork over cement render and includes a large 17th-century external stack with offsets.

To the rear, three gabled wings are visible. A short projection exists to the left of the original hall, with a lower, steeply hipped roof. This rear addition has a 18th-century brick facing, including a ground-floor three-light small-pane flush frame casement and a first-floor, small, early two-light, part-latticed recessed casement, both with cambered heads. Connected to this is a short 17th-century brick wing with a large internal end stack and rebuilt capping. To the right are two gabled wings from the 17th century, one near the centre serving as a staircase wing, refaced in the 18th century, and these have steeply pitched roofs. A ground-floor three-light small-pane casement sits in a deep recess, and an entrance with a half-glazed door is recessed. A short lean-to projection with two-light casements is centrally located at the rear.

The interior features square cut, ovolo moulded ornamentally jowled posts in the original hall, along with axial and cross-axial ovolo and chamfered bearers. There is a 17th-century newel staircase and a chamfered brick, depressed arched fireplace. Original features include cambered tie beams and a clasped purlin roof. In the attic, fragments of simple panel wall paintings flank the steps leading up, and supporting timbers remain indicating a 17th-century belvedere.

Attached to the left front and set back is an 18th-century one-story dairy/kitchen addition with three-light casements, dentilled brick eaves, a gable end stack, and kneelers to a rounded brick coped parapet. An entrance is located at the rear. Beyond this stands a lean-to outshut with red brick to the front and weatherboarding to the rear.