Kiln Farmhouse

Kiln Farmhouse is a house, originally a farmhouse, dating to the 16th or early 17th century, with an addition of circa 1813, as indicated by the date on the right-hand side. The structure is timber-framed with a brick skin in a red Flemish bond pattern, covered by a pantile roof.

The entrance front, dating to circa 1813, is three bays arranged symmetrically, divided by pilasters, with similar pilasters at the far right and left. It features a slightly projecting plinth that steps back and is rendered with grooves imitating ashlar. A stone band separates the floors. A 20th-century doorway with a panelled surround is centrally located on the ground floor, flanked by sash windows with 3x4 panes and flat-arched brick heads. These windows are set within slightly recessed panels surrounded by relieving arches with rubbed brick voussoirs. The first floor mirrors the ground floor with three sash windows, deep eaves, and a hipped roof. The right-hand side of this section is blank except for the date and the initials W.B. and W.D. carved into the brickwork. A 20th-century extension is located on the right, featuring a tripartite door surround with a central glazed door and side lights. A two-light casement window is on the first floor. Recessed to the right of this is an older wing, rendered and incorporating a glazed 20th-century doorway on the ground floor and a single-light and a two-light casement window above. The left-hand side of the house has sash windows to the right, with ground and first-floor sash windows of 3x4 panes, inserted in the 20th century, and two-light 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor. A single-story porch with a glazed door and a crow-stepped gable is located to the left of this, with two two-light casements to the left again. The first floor features a two-light and a single-light casement window, with a band of two bricks at the sill level.

The interior includes a staircase hall with a staircase of two flights, featuring a quarter-landing, stick balusters, a ramped handrail, and a wreathed curtail. The lower hall has a dentilled cornice with moulded brackets. In the 16th/17th-century wing are chamfered ceiling beams with stepped run-out stops, similarly moulded joists, jowled wall posts on the first floor, and one four-centered arch door frame, likely from the 19th century. Other features include cambered tie beams, one with a closed truss above, some re-used timbers, arched wind braces, collars with staggered purlins to the roof.