Conyers Green Farmhouse

This is a former farmhouse dating to the 15th and 16th centuries. It has an L-shaped layout, with a projecting crosswing on the southwest side which is jettied at both the first-floor and tie-beam levels. The building is timber-framed, with a mix of rendered and roughcast exterior and plain tiled roofs. There are three prominent chimney stacks: two octagonal shafts with moulded bases and corbelled caps on the crosswing, two square shafts linked in a saw-tooth fashion on the main range, and a more complex saw-tooth chimney at the north end. The front facade features applied Edwardian mock timbering, with widely-spaced uprights on the main range and panels on the crosswing. The crosswing’s jetties are supported by heavy console brackets; the gable features fluted bargeboards and a spike finial. A mullion-and-transom window is located on the ground floor, and a 3-light casement window sits above. The main range has small-paned casement windows with flat Tudor-style hoodmoulds, and two gabled dormers with cast-iron casement windows, fluted bargeboards, and terracotta spike finials. The front entrance door, positioned in the angle of the two ranges, has applied Gothic pilaster strips.

The interior retains significant original timber framing. The main range contains the remains of a two-bay open hall with a crown-post roof, featuring an open truss with large arched braces—one of which has been removed—and a cambered tie-beam. The crown post has a moulded cap and base, with raised pilasters on the post faces that have been partially removed. Only the main cross-beams of the inserted ceiling are visible. An inserted stack backs onto the cross-entry and has a single hearth with an open fireplace containing some reused stone blocks.

An extension from the 16th century adjoins the hall on the northeast side, with a first-floor level and an end chimney stack. Further additions and alterations are present here, likely added at the same time as the wider five-bay crosswing replaced the original medieval service area. The crosswing features two two-bay rooms, separated by an internal chimney stack. One reconstructed hearth also incorporates reused stone blocks. Ceiling beams are chamfered, with curved stops, and joists are exposed in one room. Close studding and two original windows are present; one on the northwest wall has five ogee-moulded mullions, and the other on the southwest wall has seven. Blocked doorways with rectangular heads are visible on each side of the fireplace.