Whalleys

Whalleys, formerly known as Old Valley Farmhouse, is a house dating from the mid-16th century, with a rear range likely from the early 16th century. It has undergone later alterations, including a 20th-century restoration and the addition of a porch and stair extension. The building is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a plain tile roof and red brick stacks that were partly rebuilt in the 20th century.

The house is two storeys high and has an L-shaped plan. The main hall range has two and a half bays with a lobby entry on the left, adjoining a short cross wing. At the rear of the cross wing, there is a three-bay range that is slightly lower in height. The garden front features 20th-century casements with leaded lights and a jettied first floor supported by a moulded bressumer. The cross wing has a two-light casement flanked by restored ovolo mullion side windows, along with a moulded bressumer above the jetty. The first floor includes three-light casements with side lights and a jettied gable. The roof slopes down, and there is a stack with three octagonal shafts at the lobby entry, with similar double stacks that have been largely rebuilt at the right end and rear wing. The rear range is partly underbuilt in brick, featuring a central 20th-century door and casement windows.

Inside, the hall range has jowled posts, chamfered beams, and studded walls. There is a Tudor-arched fireplace beneath a square label. The room to the right has a plaster ceiling decorated with fleur-de-lys in the angles. The cross wing shows further exposed framing, while the rear wing has a chamfered beam with a curved stop and exposed joists in part. More framing is visible at the first floor level. The roof was restored in the 20th century, with an inserted ridge piece, clasped purlins, and some reused blackened rafters in the rear range.