Swanswood Farm

Swanswood Farm is a late 16th-century house, originally of three and a half bays, extended to the right around 1650 and refenestrated circa 1910, when a wing was added to the east, reusing older materials. The original part of the house is timber framed on a stone plinth; the ground floor was refaced with brickwork in the late 18th or early 19th century. The left-hand side has exposed timber framing to the first floor, featuring curved tension braces and one blocked original mullioned window. The mid-17th-century extension has timbers of thinner scantling exposed on the first floor, with one curved and one diagonal tension brace. The house has a hipped thatched roof, and incorporates an early 17th-century off-centre chimneystack with a cemented top that is square, merging into oval, and an end ridge chimneystack. Four casement windows were added around 1910.

The right side elevation was restored in the 20th century, featuring a frame of thin scantling with long curved braces and two buttresses. The left side has one blocked mullioned window to the first floor and a circa 1910 casement window to the ground floor. A catslide roof extends to the rear, which is mostly modern brickwork, except for the left end and has four casement windows.

The circa 1910 wing to the east incorporates some reused timbers within 20th-century brickwork on the ground floor, featuring curved braces, three probable reproduction mullioned windows, and an arched doorcase. The first floor has a frame of thin scantling and three casement windows.

Inside the 1650 extension are a very thick spine beam with a curved chamfer, a brick fireplace with a wooden bressumer, and a 17th-century plank door on the ground floor. The dining room in the original 16th-century part contains the base of a late 16th or early 17th-century built-in oak dresser. A four-plank door leads to a first-floor room. The circa 1910 wing contains a late 16th or early 17th-century oak straight flight staircase, which was likely repositioned from the older part of the house around 1910, and jowled posts are visible. The roof was not accessible at the time of survey.