Whitings Farmhouse

Whitings Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the 15th century, with alterations from the 16th and 17th centuries, and a later 17th-century addition to the right. The building is timber framed and plastered, featuring a thatched roof at the front and a pantiled roof at the rear. The core of the structure is likely a former open hall house, probably of three-cell form, and it has one and a half storeys. The windows vary, with most being casements, one sash window with glazing bars located in the hall, slatted windows on the extreme right, and one dormer. There are also two boarded doors. The stack has a white brick shaft, partly rendered, positioned just behind the roof ridge.

Inside, the 15th-century studding shows evidence of diamond-mullioned windows, and one tension brace is visible in the rear wall. Any open truss has been removed, and the massive posts that supported it have been cut back flush with the wall. There is a blocked front cross-entry doorway with a four-centred arch, along with the remains of a similar doorway in the service partition and another that has been repositioned against the stack. The service end features substantial plain joists, while the inserted hall ceiling has a cased bridging beam and closely-set heavy plain joists. The lintel over the hall fireplace is likely from the 17th century. Most roof timbers are concealed, but a few sooted rafters are visible behind the stack. The later end, which was used as a dairy, has plain full-height studding and plain joists set flat, and this end was becoming derelict at the time of the survey in September 1987.