Princes Farmhouse

Princes Farmhouse is a house that was later divided into two dwellings. It dates back to the 15th century, with a floor inserted and extended in the mid to late 16th century. The building was raised, altered, and extended in the mid 18th century, with further alterations made in the 20th century. The structure features a timber frame that is plastered, with steeply pitched roofs covered in plain tiles and pantiles. Originally, it had a two-bay open hall with a storeyed lower bay, and a stack and parlour were added at the upper end, creating a three-cell cross passage plan. A dairy was added to the rear in the 18th century. The early bays were raised to a uniform two storeys with an attic.

The 16th-century addition is located to the right and includes a 19th-century lobby entrance with a half-glazed, half-panelled door. The hall bay has three-light casements, with 20th-century lattice leaded windows on the ground floor and glazing bars on the first floor. There is a 20th-century lean-to outshut at the service end. An axial ridge stack is positioned to the right of centre, and the gable ends feature two and three-light glazing bar casements. At the rear, to the left of centre, there is a low two-bay dairy with a red brick gable end and an internal stack, along with tumbled-in brickwork. To the left is a small 19th-century brick outshut with dentilled eaves, and to the right is a 19th-century external stack and a 20th-century lean-to outhut.

Inside, the early bays have full-height studding, with large arched bracing at the solar end and original wall plates featuring long edge halved scarf joints. Parts of large six-light diamond mullioned hall windows and three-light diamond mullioned service windows remain. Stairs were inserted at the lower end of the hall, featuring a stop-chamfered axial binding beam and joists. The parlour has close studding with a mid-rail, a stop-chamfered axial binding beam, joists, and a mid-rail. The lobby entrance has replaced a three-light ovolo mullioned window, and the fireplace has chamfered jambs. The parlour chamber features arched bracing halved outside studs, a stop-chamfered cross axial binding beam, and a four-centred chamfered gauged brick fireplace arch, along with four light window openings. In the stack bay, there are three-light cavetto and two-light ovolo mullioned windows with intermediate small diamond mullions. The parlour roof has lower butt and upper clasped purlins with arched windbraces, while the 18th-century roof over the early bays includes collars and side purlins.