Town Farmhouse

Town Farmhouse is a former farmhouse with an early 14th century core and alterations from the early 16th and 17th centuries. It is constructed from timber framing and rendered, topped with a thatched roof. The building has three cells and is 1½ storeys high. It features mid 20th century casement windows without glazing bars. There are two doorways: a boarded half-door to the left and a plank door to the right, both of which are sheltered by mid 20th century lean-to porches. The house has two dormers and a chimney stack with a mid 20th century shaft.

Inside, the core of the house includes part of an aisled hall, although the aisles have been removed. The front arcade plate showcases a good stop-splayed scarf joint with a transverse key and sallied butts, along with a short bridled scarf with splayed butts. Between these joints is the cut-off end of an original tie-beam that is not associated with a bay division. There are two original straight braces to the arcade posts at the front, with evidence of additional braces at both the front and rear. The current layout of the house largely stems from early 16th century remodeling when the aisles were removed and studded walls were added beneath the arcade plates. An inserted open truss displays a reversed assembly, featuring an intact tie beam with steeply-curved braces. The room to the left of the stack contains 16th century plain joists and original trimming for a ladder stair. The open hall was floored over in the 17th century and divided into two rooms. The center room, now the new hall, has an axial bridging beam with grooved ogee stop-chamfers and plain joists set flat. The rafters on the front slope are irregular, with most likely medieval origins, while the rafters on the rear slope are concealed. This is the oldest house in the parish and represents a rare in-situ survival of part of an aisled house.