Loom'S Farmhouse

Loom's Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with extensions and partial rebuilding of the front wall in the late 19th century. It is located on a moated site.

The house is timber-framed, with plastered panels displaying a stamped herringbone pattern and wavy bargeboards on the south gable end; evidence of pargetting is also visible at the rear. A section of the front wall has been rebuilt in brick. The roof is tiled with pantiles and has gabled ends. Brick axial and gable-end stacks are present.

The original layout was of three rooms. The hall and parlour on the right (south) have back-to-back fireplaces within a shared axial stack. Originally, the service room on the left (north) may have been unheated, but in the late 19th century, it was extended northwards with a large gable end fireplace, and the front wall was partially rebuilt. An outshut behind the service end is also likely from the 19th century.

The house is one storey and attic, with an asymmetrical three-window front. The ground floor windows are 2-light casements with glazing bars, set in segmental arch openings. Attic windows are in gabled dormers; the left-hand dormer retains remains of bargeboards. A panelled door is located to the left of centre. A short extension to the left has a lower roof, a large brick stack on the gable end, and a single casement window. The rear elevation has two 2-light casements with glazing bars, and a lean-to outshut on the right.

Inside, timber framing is exposed. Both the parlour and hall feature back-to-back fireplaces with timber lintels, with 19th-century fireplaces inserted. The parlour has a chamfered axial beam with run-out stops, along with chamfered joists. The hall has a chamfered cross-beam without stops, and chamfered joists. The service room, to the north, has a chamfered cross-beam with hollow step stops, and chamfered wide joists. A later partition has been inserted, and the end wall removed to create a kitchen extension with a fireplace containing a range and flanking boiler. A 19th-century staircase has been added in the service end. A chamber in the service end features a small diamond-mullion window in the original north gable end. Wall plates, jowled posts, and studs are visible in the chambers, though the roof is ceiled. The existing clasped purlin roof may not be original.