Sleapshyde Farmhouse

This is an early 16th century farmhouse, originally a hall house, which was altered and given a second floor in the later 17th century. The house has a timber frame and is now covered with a cement render, decorated with combed pargeting in panels. It has a half-hipped plain tile roof and a large 17th century red brick chimney stack at its centre. The exterior features three 20th century windows with glazing bars. A 20th century door is located beneath the chimney stack. A gabled tiled hood, supported by slender early 19th century cast iron columns, is above the door. The rear elevation contains a central gabled stair tower behind the chimney stack and a single-storey 17th–18th century service extension with a large oven stack on its gable end.

Inside, the house is divided into four bays: a former hall to the right of the stack, a parlour bay to the left, a mid-16th century extension on the left end, and a service bay on the right end. The ground floor of the hall features fine late 17th century bolection-moulded panelling, an enriched cornice, an eared fire surround, a six-panelled door and carved details on a beam. A stair landing has 17th century turned balusters. The walls contain heavy curved braces, and a heavy jointed post is visible in the southwest corner of the first floor.