Marvel Farmhouse

This is an early 19th-century farmhouse, now a house, incorporating earlier features and altered in the mid-19th century, with restoration work undertaken in 1982. It is built of pale brick in English bond, with blue-brick detailing at the base and along the first floor, although the brickwork is now largely concealed by concrete render. It has a Welsh slate roof and a U-shaped layout facing south-east, with a courtyard at the rear. The main south-east elevation has three bays, with wings extending to the rear; the wing on the right has been extended by one bay. Restored windows, including two-light windows and French windows with margin glazing bars, are a prominent feature. The central door is of three fielded panels within a panelled reveal, adorned with an architrave featuring pulvinated panels and corner roundels. Flanking the door are French windows. A restored veranda, supported by fretted columns, runs along the front. There is a brick end stack to the left. The right return continues the veranda across two French windows and a cross window, with a three-light first-floor window on the right of the added bay. Two brick ridge stacks are present. The left return has a later 19th-century door with glazing bars and etched/coloured glass which formerly led into a conservatory (now removed). The rear of the left wing has a two-light casement window at the left end, while the right wing features a door, an old casement window, and a side-sliding sash window.

Inside, the front range has panelled window reveals and shutters. One room contains a large fireplace with a timber lintel and a chamfered spine-beam with stepped cyma stops. A cellar is located at the rear of the front range, with walls made of rubble stone. The right wing has a large fireplace that formerly contained a bread oven, along with chamfered cross-beams featuring stepped cyma stops. An imperial staircase with splat balusters is present, and old doors can be found throughout. In the front right-hand room is a studwork partition wall with rat-trap bend brick infill. The roof structure comprises principal rafter roof trusses with wood-pegged, staggered, butt purlins, a ridge piece to the front range, and boards laid over the rafters. Some of the floorboards are particularly wide.