Homestall

Homestall is a former farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century, with parts of the hall and service cells having medieval origins, along with later alterations and possibly some rebuilding. The building is timber framed and features a textured cement render beneath a pantiled roof. It stands two storeys tall and was formerly equipped with an attic, designed in a three-cell layout. The façade includes three mid-20th century standard casement windows that lack glazing bars. A 20th-century gabled porch leads to a six-panel raised and fielded door.

Inside, the internal stack has been completely rebuilt following its collapse around 1953, while there is a 19th-century external gable stack on the right side. Small additions are present on each gable end. The parlour cell showcases fine close studding with reverse-curved braces, and features an axial bridging beam along with closely spaced chamfered joists. The roof over the parlour cell has clasped and butt purlins, with incomplete wind braces. The hall and service cells have undergone significant alterations, with little of the original structure visible. The hall contains a chamfered-joist ceiling, which may have been inserted, and one bay has been lost to a mid-20th century staircase. The roof over this section is an 18th-century reconstruction that reuses many sooted medieval rafters.