Chapel Farmhouse

Chapel Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with a core likely dating to the late 15th or early 16th century. It was originally a three-cell open hall house and has undergone significant alterations over the centuries. The main hall range is of one storey and has attics, whilst a two-storey cross-wing is located to the left. The farmhouse is timber-framed and plastered, with a plaintiled roof. A brick axial chimney is present, along with gabled dormers. Windows are predominantly two- and three-light casements, and the front door is boarded, all dating from around 1980. The central open hall has been significantly altered; a pair of posts with fragmentary pilaster shafts once supported a missing open truss, and evidence within the framing suggests the presence of two arched doorways leading to service rooms. A floor was inserted over the hall in the late 16th century, and fireplaces were built between the hall and parlour at this time. Later 17th-century alterations included the reconstruction of the parlour cell on the right, a complete reroof with butt purlins, and the addition of a two-cell cross-wing extending beyond the earlier service cell – many large timbers were reused from the partial demolition of the medieval house in this construction. The farmhouse was remodelled again around 1980.