Gills Farmhouse

Gills Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located on Church Street in Kenninghall. It is timber framed with rendered wattle and daub infill and has a pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and a dormer attic. A late 20th-century gabled porch obscures the original four-light ovolo mullioned window. To the left, there is a 19th-century sash window and a casement window, while the right side features one 20th-century casement window on each floor. The south gable wall has a central 20th-century casement flanked by two restored three-light ovolo mullioned windows, and there is a four-light similar mullioned window on the first floor beneath a drip shelf. The attic has a 20th-century casement window. The east front shows scattered fenestration, including additional mullioned windows and a 20th-century gabled dormer. Inside, the living room has tongue-stopped and chamfered bridging beams and joists, a rebuilt fireplace, and a close-studded timber frame of heavy scantling throughout. The kitchen features a double-stopped bridging beam, and there is a winder staircase by the stack. The roof includes collars, one tier of clasping purlins, and curved wind-bracing.