Gatehouse Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dating from the 15th century, it was altered in the 17th century and given a 19th-century facade. The farmhouse is timber-framed. The ground floor is constructed of red and grey brick in a Flemish bond pattern, while the first floor is tile-hung. Some timber framing is exposed, with rendered infilling to the first floor of the left return and to the rear gable end of the right wing. The roof is tiled. The original open hall is of two timber-framed bays, with a two-bay cross-wing projecting to the rear and slightly forward on the left side, and an integral cross-wing to the right, projecting only to the rear. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic. The timber framing is relatively thin with a straight tension brace to the first floor of the left return. Broadly-spaced studding with arch braces is visible at the rear of the right wing. The roof is hipped to the left and right, with the hips returning to the rear. There is a flat roof to the projecting front of the left wing, and a dormer window to the right hip. A slender brick stack, which is red and grey, projects from the left gable end, rear, and a filleted red and grey brick stack is located at the narrower left hall bay (at the junction of the hall and left wing). The windows are an irregular arrangement of tripartite sash windows, with one in each wing and one in the right hall bay. A doorway has been blocked under the stack. A later extension is visible to the rear of the left wing, and there is a rear lean-to to the hall with a door. Inside, a moulded end-of-hall beam is above a partition of broadly-spaced studs. A partition above this has a central stud and tension braces. The central truss tie-beam is set lower than the wall-plates of the wings; the hall wall-plates were raised in the 17th or later century. Gunstock-jowled posts are present in the wings. An original 15th-century partition with studs, tension braces, and a plain doorway is under the central tie-beam of the left wing. A chamfered 17th-century axial beam and a plain brick fireplace are present on the ground floor of the right hall bay. The roof is a side-purlin design with re-used timbers, and it features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. It is associated with a nearby building (reference 1/100).