Charity Farmhouse

Charity Farmhouse is a Grade II listed house located on Charity Lane in Belstead. It dates mainly from the 17th century, with possibly an earlier core, and has undergone later alterations. The building is constructed from timber framing and brick, with a rendered finish and a pantile roof. It features a 4-cell plan, which may have originally been 3 cells, and is two storeys high. There is a 20th-century two-storey wing at the rear. The house has two brick chimneys, one axial and one set crosswise on the ridge.

The entrance includes a boarded door located to the left of the left-hand stack, and another boarded door, possibly in a cross-entry position, to the right. The left cell has 20th-century top-hung casements, as do the three dormers. The left cell also has a blocked doorway in the rear wall. Inside, there are lambs tongue stops to the almost vertical joists and cross beams, as well as to the beam over an altered fireplace. The original staircase, which was in front of the stack, has been replaced by a 20th-century flight. A brick partition divides the former right-hand cell, creating a 1½ cell cottage on the far right, which may be the remnants of an earlier building, featuring an edge halved joint and a clasped purlin roof with a ridge piece. The roof of the left-hand section is said to be mostly original. The farmhouse was bequeathed in 1749 to purchase a double cottage and 4½ acres of land for charity.