Low Farmhouse

Low Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse with a 19th-century service wing that was in the process of demolition when surveyed in April 1986. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered walls, and has a pantiled roof. The farmhouse is two storeys high with an attic, and originally comprised three rooms arranged in a lobby entry plan. The windows are mainly casement windows dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. A 19th-century plastered porch with a 19th-century four-panel door (the upper panels glazed) is located on the front. Inside, there is an internal stack with a rebuilt shaft. Much of the original ground floor structure is concealed, but shaped heads to the hall and parlour storey posts are visible, along with the remains of a cross-partition at the lower end of the hall, which includes a service doorway with its original door. A good 16th-century newel staircase is present with adjacent cupboards featuring butterfly and H-type hinges. The first floor timber frame remains intact with reversed bracing. The original attic floor has plain joists, and a solid-tread attic staircase with an early door. Chamfered-mullion windows are found in both gables. The roof features a single row of clasped purlins and arched wind-bracing.