Ringers Farm

Early C18 farmhouse, with C19, C20 and early C21 alterations and extensions.

MATERIALS: constructed of coursed flint and brick laid in Flemish bond, with a pantile roof covering.

PLAN: the farmhouse is rectangular on plan, facing south, with narrower rectangular-plan extensions on its east and west sides.

EXTERIOR: the farmhouse is early C18 in date and has late C19, C20 and C21 alterations and extensions. Constructed of coursed flint and brick laid in Flemish bond with interior timber framing, it is two-and-half storeys in height and comprises three bays. The farmhouse has a pitched pantile roof, two end stacks, and Dutch-gable ends featuring contrasting stone copings and two course platbands with a pair of windows above. The front (south) elevation is entirely of brick over a flint plinth and features a dentil cornice. It has a central door with C20 French windows, and blind window above. The door is flanked by two-over-two light, vertical sliding sash windows, with smaller windows above. All have skewback arches. The rear (north) elevation is constructed from flint and has a two-bay outshot beneath a catslide roof. To the east and west, C19 extensions were extended in the early C21 to become two-bay one-and-half storey extensions.

INTERIOR: there is a chamfered, transverse bridging beam and a spine beam centrally located to the outshot. The roof comprises tie beams, with a collar, butt purlins and ridge piece. The outshot has surviving timber cross-frames and houses the stairs, which wind up to the attic floor, and a dairy at ground floor. On the ground floor at the west gable-end, there is a large inglenook fireplace, with in situ bresummer, and on the first floor, a smaller C19 fireplace with timber surround. There are four panelled and timber battened doors throughout and two blocked original window openings at the rear, with very shallow arched heads.