Valley Farmhouse At Tn 366 469

This is a farmhouse, dating from the 17th century with additions and alterations in the early 18th and 19th centuries. It is timber-framed and later brick-faced, with a red Flemish bond brick pattern and a plain tile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high with an attic.

The front facing the garden has a projecting gabled wing on the left, thought to be the earliest, 17th-century part, now bricked over in the 18th or 19th century. A lean-to outshut adjoins the gable end of this wing. To the right is a later, 18th-century section, displaying a stable door with a cambered head, a 2-light window, a 3-light casement with a flat arched head, a single-light casement, and French windows with a moulded surround, possibly dating to the late 19th century. The first floor has a mix of 3-light and 2-light casement windows, all with flat arched heads. Two 2-light dormer windows are set into the roof. A substantial brick chimney stack with four flues rises to the right of centre. The right-hand gable end features a 3-light attic window and a 19th-century addition in red brick. The left-hand side also has two distinct builds; the original section has been refaced and includes a 3-light cambered-headed ground floor window and two 2-light windows on the first floor; one with a flat head and one with a cambered head. A 2-light attic window is recessed into the gable.

The front entrance is composed of three near-symmetrical 19th-century bays, with projecting gabled wings flanking a recessed porchway. The wings have cambered-headed sash windows of 3x4 panes on both floors. The porchway itself appears to be a later 19th-century addition, built in front of original walling which contains a 6-panel door with a cambered head. A round arch leads to the porch, approached by three stepped ashlar treads, with a band marking the arch's springing. A sash window with 3x4 panes is positioned above the porch.

Inside, the 17th-century portion has chamfered ceiling beams and close studding. The early 18th-century section features ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with a baffle-entry plan, while the 19th-century section has panelled shutters and cases that sit flush with the walls.