Coles Green Farmhouse

Coles Green Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 16th century, with additions and alterations around 1800 and later. It is constructed of timber framing, brick (either rendered or painted), and has plaintile roofs with cresting along the ridge. The building is in an L-shape, comprising a 16th-century house with a rear wing on the right, and an additional bay added around 1800 to the left. The facade is arranged in three bays, with the timber frame visible in four bays plus a chimney bay. A 20th-century boarded door is set within a brick porch with a hipped tiled roof. Late 19th-century tripartite sash windows are on either side of the door, and an early 19th-century sash with glazing bars is in the left-hand bay, with three similar windows on the first floor. An axial brick stack with a rebuilt shaft sits between the central and right-hand bays, and there is an internal stack to the left gable. The right return side has a first-floor and attic 3-light window, and a small casement to the left-hand attic return. The 2-storey rear wing, formerly a dairy, has a 20th-century door and window, as well as a horizontal sliding sash. Inside, much of the timber frame is covered, though some false panelling reveals where the original rear wall meets the frame. A heavy rear plinth is now incorporated within a passage. A large stack contains blocked fireplaces, with stairs positioned behind it. There is an axial chamfered beam in the central room, with further stairs in the 1800 bay. The former left-hand gable wall has been altered, now showcasing two closely-spaced trusses, one open and one closed. The closed truss has studs marked with gouged hollows and pegs for braces, terminating at the wall plate. The roof has been partially reordered and rebuilt, possibly during the house’s extension, and comprises eight bays of butt and clapsed purlins over the original structure. The closed truss, now internal, is supported on the inner slender truss below. The rear cross wing has a collar rafter roof.