Ropers Farmhouse

Roper's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th century, with early 17th-century and later additions. It is a complex building with parts that are 1½ storeys and parts that are 2 storeys and have attics, positioned sideways to the road. The structure is timber-framed, with sections that are rendered and others that are faced in colour-washed brick, topped with clay pantiles. The farmhouse features various 19th-century casement windows, both 2-light and 3-light, as well as one late 19th-century sash window.

The central range, which is the oldest part of the house, has a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement window on each slope of the roof. This section shows signs of alterations, and while the original form is not entirely clear, there are cut tie-beams, an additional wall-plate, and likely a replaced roof, although this is not visible. The ground floor ceilings are rough and substantial, featuring plain joists and chamfered main beams with pyramid stops, all of which have been raised.

To the north of the central section is a typical 17th-century parlour wing that includes a linking chimney-stack. This stack has a plain red brick shaft and a panel dated 1781, which refers to a rebuilding rather than the original construction. Inside the parlour, there is a main beam with ovolo-moulding and lamb's tongue stops, along with unchamfered joists set flat; the upper ceilings, with joists set on edge, are original to the frame. The structure includes widely spaced studs, cranked, steeply pitched arched braces at the corners, and a roof featuring an upper row of clasped purlins, lower butt purlins, and windbraces. A newel stair is located beside the stack. At the south end of the farmhouse, there is a 19th-century dairy range that runs at right angles to the rest of the building, along with two single-storey lean-tos on the east side.