Church Farmhouse

Church Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the 15th century, with later alterations from the 16th century. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure, with the right gable end cement-rendered. The roof is pantiled and half-hipped to the left, while the section of the roof to the right of the stack has a less steep pitch and is said to have been damaged by fire around 1900. The building is 1½ storeys tall and has a three-cell form with a former open hall. It includes 19th-century casement windows and a mid-20th-century door leading into a cross-passage. There is one flat-roofed half dormer and an internal stack with a rendered shaft. The interior remains largely unmodernised, with much of the framing concealed. An intact service partition features two fine two-centre arched doorways, and the front service room has exposed 15th-century joists. The hall's open truss has been removed, leaving only a small part of the arched braces visible on the ground floor. A 16th-century inserted floor with chamfered joists is present, along with a stack inserted into the upper bay of the open hall. The parlour cell is likely a 16th-century addition, showcasing a ceiling with chamfered joists and exposed first-floor studding with curved braces. There is a 16th to 17th-century oak newel stair and a partly exposed arched doorhead, probably from the 16th century, nearby. At the time of the survey in February 1987, the parlour end was becoming derelict.