New Bells Farmhouse

New Bells Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1530, with alterations made in the early 17th century. It has a three-cell plan and features two cross-wings. The hall is one storey with attics, while the right-hand cross-wing has two storeys, and the left-hand cross-wing also has two storeys with attics. The structure is timber-framed and mainly plastered.

The original brick-nogged cross-wing on the right has a jetty at the first floor level at the front and along the right-hand long wall. The exposed framing includes arch windbraced close studding, and both the bressumer and the girth beneath the jetty are embattled. The herringbone brick-nogging between the studding is original but has been restored, and additional sections of brick-nogging are believed to be beneath the plaster of the hall walling. The left-hand cross-wing, added in the early 17th century, features an oversailing tie beam with ovolo moulding and restored console brackets beneath.

The roof is plaintiled, with 19th-century spiked ridge tiles on the hall, although it was originally thatched. There is a large 16th-century axial chimney made of red brick, as well as an external chimney of red brick on the left. The windows are mainly 20th-century casements, with one featuring diamond leaded glazing, alongside some early 19th-century casements with small diamond panes and cast iron bars. The entrance door, added in the mid-20th century, is boarded and has a plaintiled canopy.

While the house appears medieval externally, it has had an upper floor over the hall from the beginning, likely used as a storage loft. The hall and parlour feature double ogee moulded first-floor joists and back-to-back lintelled open fireplaces. In the early 17th century, a cross-wing containing a kitchen was added to the left, replacing previous service cells. This section has good unmoulded framing and a two-tier butt-purlin roof with wind bracing. Butt purlin roofs were also added to the earlier parts of the building. The farmhouse is situated in the centre of a complete medieval moat.