Swardeston Farmhouse

Swardeston Farmhouse is a farmhouse built around 1730, with a service wing added to the northwest in the early 19th century. The structure is made of whitewashed brick laid in Flemish bond and features slate hipped roofs.

The east front has two storeys and a dormer attic, with a three-window range. It includes three-light casements under gauged skewback arches, with the first-floor windows set in reduced openings. A moulded platband runs along the first floor of the facade and continues on the north and south returns. There is a 19th-century hipped single-storey porch with an arched opening, featuring a half-glazed door flanked by raking buttresses. The roof has two raking dormers fitted with two-light casements that have leaded glazing. A stack is located on the south wall plane.

At the rear, there is a two-storey wing with a two-window range, which includes 20th-century two-light casements and a doorway. Additional similar casements are found on the west and south flanks.

Inside, the south room of the east front features complete early 18th-century large-framed raised and fielded panelling, a dado rail, moulded bridging beams, and a modillion cornice. There are two 2-panelled doors and two 4-panelled doors. A closed string staircase in front of the east doorway has twisted balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newel posts. Additional panelling is present on the first floor. The service range has plain interiors, with an inserted timber partition that creates a corridor from the north doorway and sunk-quadrant bridging beams.