Tuffields Farmhouse

Tuffields Farmhouse is a house, formerly a farmhouse, dating from around 1500 with alterations made in several periods. It has two storeys, a hall range, and two cross-wings. The structure is timber-framed and rendered, topped with slated roofs. Notable features include two impressive early 17th-century axial chimneys made of red brick, one featuring a group of four octagonal flues on a square plinth, with star-tops of carved brick (restored in cement), sunk rendered panels on each face of the shaft, and a prominent moulded base. A second chimney has only the plinth remaining, with the flues rebuilt in the 19th century. The windows are mainly sliding sash, dating from around 1842, and there is a pair of glazed panelled entrance doors.

The right-hand parlour wing, dating from around 1500, showcases substantial close-studded framing. Inside the parlour chamber, there is an arch-headed doorway and traces of a painted frieze and other abstract decoration from the late 16th or early 17th century. The hall range was built in the early or mid-16th century, likely replacing an earlier structure. The service wing also dates from around 1500 and was extended forwards to create a symmetrical H-plan around 1600. Chimneys were inserted around 1600, one featuring back-to-back fireplaces for the kitchen and new parlour, while the second serves the hall, old parlour, and the chambers above. The hall range was reroofed with principal rafters, purlins, and collars supporting an attic floor. Inside, a pair of crude oak figures and panelling from around 1600 were discovered in a partition and are now fixed over the new parlour fireplace. Additionally, there are several c.1600 ovolo-mullioned windows. All roofs were rebuilt around 1842, as noted by the date carved on the collar in the cross-wing.