Kemps, With Wall Adjoining To North East

Kemps is a farmhouse that has been divided into two dwellings, believed to date from the 16th century and enlarged in the early 17th century. It has undergone subsequent alterations, including changes to the windows in the mid-19th century. The building is said to be timber-framed and has a rendered exterior that mimics ashlar stonework, with clay tiled roofs. The gable ends are half-hipped, and there is a catslide roof over an outshot on the west front. A large brick stack, possibly from the 16th century, features narrow recessed panels at the junction with a wing, while an external stack on the east gable end has a tall rendered chimney, which may have remnants of a bread oven in the southeast corner.

The farmhouse is arranged in a T-plan, with the main range oriented north-south and its gable end facing the road. The entrance to No.71 is located at the junction with the east wing, and the wall returns at the northeast corner. The west front has an outshot with a porch that serves as the entrance to No.69. The building has two storeys plus an attic. On the south front, the gable end features a fixed upper light and a 12-pane sash window, with 16-pane sash windows below that have cambered heads. The left return has similar fenestration, while the east wing, set back to the right, includes a 16-pane sash window with a cambered head that lights the stairs behind the entrance, along with two 12-pane sash windows and additional 16-pane sashes below, all with cambered heads. There is also a 6-panel door.

Later alterations have been made to the north facade, including the insertion of skylights in the roof space. The interiors have not been seen but are said to contain features of interest. No.69 reportedly has a newel stair with wooden treads beside the chimney stack and a 13th-century tomb slab laid in the kitchen floor. The wall that returns from the northeast corner extends for about 15 meters and is made of random rubble with tiled saddleback coping, with an entrance that has been broken through and boarded up.