Downs Farmhouse

Downs Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the mid 16th century and early 18th century. It has two storeys and attics, featuring an L-shaped form with a cross-wing on the right. The structure is timber-framed, faced in 19th-century red brick on the ground floor and the gable of the wing, while the remainder is rendered. The roof is covered with black glazed pantiles.

Inside, there is an internal chimney stack in the main range, with the upper part rebuilt and featuring four attached square moulded shafts on a moulded base. The building has various old casement windows, including 4-light, 3-light, and 2-light options, some of which have small panes. At the back, there is an old square leaded-paned 3-light casement window with a transom.

The main range has a lobby entrance, which includes a 19th-century enclosed and gabled porch made of red brick with a clay pantiled roof, displaying the Adair monogram above the doorway. The door features four flush panels. The early 18th-century main range has exposed main posts and beams with small chamfers, and the original upper ceilings remain intact. The butt-purlin roof includes a ridge piece and intermediate collars between trusses.

The mid 16th-century cross-wing consists of three bays, with ground floor ceilings supported by cross-beams and heavy unchamfered joists set flat. The upper ceilings were added later. Although the roof was renewed in the 19th century, the cambered tie beams still have mortices for queen-posts.