Church Farmhouse

Church Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating back to the 16th century, with additions and extensions from the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The construction is timber-framed and rendered, with brick and plain tiled roofs, the west and north sections being hipped. The layout is complex, comprising a 16th-century wing aligned north-south, featuring an external stack to the south, a 17th-century cross range likely extended in the 18th or 19th century, and a 20th-century wing to the north. The south front has three windows, with 19th and 20th-century sash windows containing glazing bars in the 17th and later sections. To the right is the gable of the 16th-century wing, with a brick stack on the exterior. Entrances are located in the right and left returns. An axial brick stack is also present. Inside the 16th-century wing, some of the timber frame is exposed, with ground and first-floor mullion windows and shutter slides. One window is blocked against the 17th-century range. A chamfered bridging beam has run-out stops. An arch-braced tie beam and a three-centre arched doorway, possibly reused, connect the 16th and 17th-century sections. The 17th-century range includes a large inglenook fireplace, an oven, and a chamfered bressummer. Two parallel ovolo moulded beams with jewel stops are lodged into the stack.