Pearl Farmhouse

Pearl Farmhouse is a former farmhouse with a core dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, which underwent significant remodelling in the late 17th century. A mid-19th century cross-wing is located at the left end of the building. The farmhouse is one storey with attics and was originally designed with a three-cell plan; however, the former parlour cell was rebuilt in the 19th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered, with pantiled roofs and axial chimneys made of red brick, along with one gabled casement dormer. The windows are 19th-century casements, and there is a stable-type entrance door at the rear.

The building is a greatly altered open hall house. The hall has an end wall displaying exposed arch windbraced studwork. Although the open truss has been removed, one post retains part of a chamfered arch-brace that rises from a pilaster which has been cut back. There is evidence of a rear cross-entry doorway with an adjacent spere. A large lintelled open fireplace is found in the former cross-passage, with the lintel being reused from a timber-framed chimney. In the late 17th century, an upper floor was added to the hall, featuring joists that are chamfered and laid flat. The service cell was demolished and rebuilt larger, and the entire roof was reconstructed with butt purlins.