Hicks Farmhouse

Hicks Farmhouse is a former farmhouse, primarily dating from the late 17th century, though it may have an earlier core. It features a lobby-entrance plan and stands two storeys tall, with some attics. The structure is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a pantiled roof that was formerly thatched, and has a red brick axial chimney. The windows are mainly mid-20th century casements, and there is a flush entrance door with a fully-glazed porch. Much of the framing is exposed, showcasing a significant reuse of medieval components, likely from a 14th-century open hall house, with wall plates that have a splayed scarf joint from that period. The clasped purlin roof is constructed mainly from smoke-encrusted medieval rafters. The house consists of four cells and may have been built in two stages, with the left-hand section being the earlier part.