Silvester'S Farmhouse

Silvester's Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 15th century, with elements from the late 16th century and late 17th century, along with some restoration in the 20th century. The building features mainly chalkstone walls and a tiled roof. It includes a late-medieval timber-framed aisled hall, an attached stack, an inserted upper floor, and an extension from the Elizabethan period. The house underwent extensions and re-cladding in 1674, with further restoration and minor changes in the 20th century.

The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic. The north (front) elevation shows a refronted section on the east side with two windows and gablets above them, featuring coursed stonework with brick dressings, including hoodmoulds, quoins, and a plinth. The west side, dating from the late 16th century, projects forward as a gable, with tile-hanging and scalloped bands on the upper part and exposed framing with brick nogging on the ground floor. The windows are casements, and there is a plain doorway.

The east and south elevations are made of chalkstone and some ironstone, also with brick dressings, hoodmoulds, quoins, a plinth, and stone mullions, some of which are original. There are casements and a boarded door, with a stone plaque featuring raised figures from 1674 on the upper wall. The west elevation is tile-hung on the north side above exposed framing, with a roof that has low eaves on the south side above a forward outshot.

Inside, a ground floor room has massive ceiling beams and a Tudor fireplace from the late 16th century. Much of the framing is exposed, including part of the original roof, which is now beneath a cross-roof in the attic. The upper part of an old staircase remains, but the current dog-leg stairway, made of oak with balusters, dates from the late 17th century. Several doors are constructed from oak boards.