Cresswells Farmhouse And Attached Garden Wall

Cresswells Farmhouse, now divided into two houses, dates from the 17th century but was largely rebuilt in the 18th century and altered and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The attached garden wall is from the 19th century. The building is constructed of brick, with some vitreous headers, and features old tile roofs that are gabled, hipped, and half-hipped at different heights. The original nearly square plan has been modified with extensions at each end. The farmhouse is partly two storeys and partly two storeys with attics, and it has two chimneys topped with clay pots.

The windows are primarily sash windows with glazing bars, mostly from the 18th century, with some from the 19th and 20th centuries, and they are set beneath gauged brick arches. The entrance front faces west and is irregular, with the oldest part in the center featuring a brick string at the first-floor level. There are two gabled dormers with two-light casement windows. A sash window in a moulded architrave frame is located on the first floor, with a larger similar window on the ground floor. A 20th-century panelled entrance door on the left is now disused.

The right-hand section has a lower roof and one bay of similar windows, while the left-hand section is set back slightly and features one bay of similar windows along with a 20th-century two-light casement window on the right of the first floor. To the left of this is a three-bay 20th-century extension in a similar style, set further back. The current entrance is now located on the east front of the house.

The garden wall on the west side encloses the front garden and features semi-circular brick copings. It is approximately one metre high, 17 metres wide, and five metres on the returns, with a 20th-century iron gate in each return. Inside, there is a large inglenook chimney and 17th-century panelling in the dining room and drawing room.