Church House Farmhouse

Church House Farmhouse is a house, originally a farmhouse, dating to around the late 17th century. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with vitrified headers; the rear is of English, Flemish and random bond brick. A brick platband runs at first-floor level. The roof is of clay plain tiles with gabled ends, and brick gable-end stacks are present, with one north-west stack showcasing weathered set-offs and thrown clay pots.

The house is L-shaped, comprising two rooms in the north range – a parlour with a gable-end fireplace to the west and an unheated room to the east – alongside a kitchen in the south-east wing, also featuring a gable-end fireplace. The main entrance is in the south-west angle, with the staircase located at the junction of the south-east wing. A single-storey outshut has been extended to create a conservatory at the rear, and an outbuilding on the south end of the south-east wing has been converted into a conservatory.

The front elevation displays the inner south-west sides of the one-window ranges. A 20th-century lean-to porch covers the corner entrance, with a raised platband. The ground floor has 20th-century casements, a bow window to the left, and a window with a flat brick arch to the right. The rear (north) elevation has a blocked central doorway, a garden door to the right, and casements to the left. The east side features 20th-century ground floor windows and small, round-headed stair windows on each floor, positioned to the right of centre, with the ground floor window incorporated within a 20th-century conservatory featuring an iron grille.

Inside, there are unchamfered ceiling beams and exposed joists on both the ground and first floors, alongside 20th-century brick chimneypieces. A dog-leg staircase rises to the attic. The attic is ceiled, and the roof is of queen-strut form.

The farmhouse is situated within the park of the Bishop’s Palace in Bishop’s Waltham. Following the restoration of the Bishopric of Winchester, the parkland was divided into farms to raise funds for repairs to Farnham Castle, and Church House Farm was likely one of these.