Metfieldlane Farmhouse

Metfieldlane Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was built in two phases: the southern section dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century, while the northern section was constructed in the early 17th century. The building is primarily timber framed and mostly covered in red brick, with a pantiled roof. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring a two-cell layout. The west side has scattered windows, with four of them showcasing single 17th-century ovolo-moulded mullions. There is a 19th-century half-glazed door and an internal stack. The earlier part of the farmhouse includes the end bay of a late medieval range, with its former gable end now adjacent to the stack of the current structure. Notable features include corner braces that extend through the floor level, two diamond-mullioned windows (one located in the former gable), a slightly cambered end tie beam, and remnants of a queen-post roof beneath the later roof. The northern cell reveals exposed first-floor framing and includes newel stairs.