Summers Farmhouse

Summers Farmhouse is a large timber-framed house that dates from the 17th century and 18th century, with some modern additions. The front of the house features 18th-century cladding, while smaller modern wings extend to the rear at each end. The south-facing facade has two storeys and five windows, topped by a red tile roof with boxed eaves that have stepped fascias and a board cornice supported by pairs of small cut brackets. The house has a massive central chimney stack and a tapered 18th-century stack at the west end. The walls are made of red brick in Flemish bond with blue headers, featuring a broken first-floor band, deep rubbed arches with cambered soffits above the ground-floor openings, stone cills, and a plinth. The windows are sashes in exposed frames, mostly with 20 panes. The doorcase includes a moulded cornice, curved brackets, and a reeded surround enclosing an architrave, leading to a half-panelled door and a stone step. The gable ends display brick-nogged timber frames, with a jettied gable at the west end, revealing a former catslide through exposed framing in the half gable, which is now incorporated into the recent rear wings.