St Michaels House

St Michael’s House is a former farmstead, previously known as Green Farm, consisting of two ranges set at right angles to each other, linked by a later addition. The earliest parts of the farmstead date to the early 16th century. The east-west range is two storeys high and has roughcast rendering and black glazed pantiles for roofing. It features one end and one internal chimney stack, along with 2-light and 3-light casement windows, some with a single horizontal bar and transomes on the ground floor. Pintle hinges are visible on two upper-floor windows, with the remainder being 20th-century replacements. A 20th-century gabled porch extension is built using matching materials. The timber frame of this range is arranged in five bays, one of which accommodates the internal chimney stack, reflecting a basic three-cell plan. Original features include plain studding, reversed braces in the side walls, and long arched braces to the heavily cambered tie-beams. Edge-halved and bladed scarf joints are visible in the wallplates. Blocked original windows contained diamond mullions. An early 19th-century alteration involved adapting one bay for a hallway and stair, during which a fine screen with long, narrow panels and chamfered stiles was moved from its original position. A wide chamfer and cut-off stops to the main beam are continued down the main posts in the central room, and the end chimney stack was added to the single service room. The north-south range has been extensively restored from a semi-derelict state and includes an end chimney stack on the south, set within the frame. It incorporates 2-light and 4-light 20th-century casement windows in a traditional style, one replaced 4-light diamond-mullioned window, a 20th-century plank door, double doors, and a weatherboarded gable-end on the north. The frame extends across three wide bays. Surviving main beams are chamfered with moulded heads to the main posts, and the joists are plain, closely-set, and flat. Tension braces are visible in the end and partition walls, along with cranked reversed braces in the side walls. There are remains of several diamond-mullioned windows. The roof has been renewed, but one tie-beam retains mortices for queen posts. An original ladder stair has been reset. This range is believed to potentially have a medieval core.