Stroud Farmhouse

This is a late 14th-century hall house, subsequently altered and extended in the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, and now serving as a farmhouse. The structure is primarily timber frame, though much of it is encased in brick, with some sections rendered, partly brick, and partly tile-hung. It has tiled gabled roofs of varying heights. Originally constructed in an L-shape with three bays, it included a two-bay hall on the east side, a one-bay cross-passage on the west side of the hall, and a two-bay solar on the west side of the cross-passage. A further extension was added in the early 19th century to the west of the solar. The house is two storeys and has an attic. There are three chimneys, each topped with clay pots.

The north-facing front shows the former hall section on the left, the former gabled solar crosswing, and a larger 19th-century extension on the right. Small lean-to additions are present at each end. A remnant of the original hall window remains on the first floor of the left section, a 3-light window altered with added glazing bars, the outer two lights featuring 4-centred heads. An early 20th-century 2-light casement window is positioned to the right of this. The ground floor has a 20th-century 2-light casement window on the left, and a 20th-century lean-to porch enclosing a 20th-century entrance door. To the right, two gables, each of one bay, contain 19th-century 3-light casement windows with glazing bars; the ground floor windows have mullions and transoms. A small, enclosed porch in the centre features a plain door, now out of use. A large chimney is located on the internal angle of the building, and the gable end on the east side is constructed of old brick in English bond.

Inside, the original timber framing is clearly visible in the roof of the former hall, bearing a blackened appearance from smoke and retaining original smoke louvers. Three wide roof trusses are present, featuring very large chamfered arch braces to chamfered tie beams, chamfered arch collars clasping side purlins, and chamfered wall plates with plain stops. One truss has chamfered jowled posts with a roll-moulded shaft and moulded capital. The original hall window is visible in the second bay, with the bead visible from the attic; it is an oak frame of 3 lights with hollow chamfers on the mullions and 4-centred heads. The lounge has a moulded ceiling cornice and an 18th-century niche containing a panelled cupboard with three scalloped shelves, set within a frame featuring fluted Doric pilasters, a moulded semi-circular head with a fluted keystone, and all within a moulded outer architrave. The dining room contains a principal beam with hollow chamfers and three roll moulds on the underside, supported by a moulded post or bracket. The house may have originally served as the manor house of the Manor of Strode.