Valley Farmhouse

Valley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating back to the 16th or 17th century, with significant additions made in the 1930s. It is timber framed and has colourwashed render, covered by a plain-tiled roof. The original layout was a four-cell plan with a baffle entry.

The front of the house has twentieth-century windows, including a projecting porch at the centre with a central bullseye window, a plank door to the left, and a two-light casement to the right. To the left of the porch is a three-light casement window, and to the right are a five-light, a four-light, and a three-light casement window. The first floor has four three-light casements and a two-light casement, all dating to the 20th century. An axial stack with two flues rises from the ridge towards the left of centre, and another axial stack is located on the right-hand gable end. The left-hand gable end features three-light windows on both ground and first floors. A 1930s addition is recessed on the left with 2-light casements to ground and first floors. The left-hand gable end also has a 1930s brick stack with offsets. A further 1930s range extends to the right, incorporating a recessed section with a half-glazed door, a single-light ground-floor window, and two single-light first-floor windows, alongside a projecting outshut with a lean-to roof, a single-light casement, and a four-light first-floor and single-light attic window.

The interior includes chamfered ceiling beams with stepped run-out stops on the ground floor. There are decorative panels of pargeting on the ceiling, likely from the 1930s, depicting fleurs-de-lis, a unicorn, and a rope motif. A four-centered chimney arch features carved roses in its spandrels, likely dating to the 20th century. The hall has chamfered ceiling beams with bar and ogee end-stops, and similar wall plates and joists. The walls are close-studded, with one window of three lights featuring diamond section mullions, together with boarded doors. A cambered bressumer sits above the fireplace, which retains some original brickwork. The first-floor rooms also have close studding, chamfered ceiling beams, jowled wall posts, and wide oak floorboards.