Swanton Street Farmhouse

Farmhouse, originally dating to an earlier structure with a front built in 1719. Constructed of brown brick with red brick detailing and a plain tiled roof. The house has three storeys and a basement, built on a plinth. It features giant pilasters to the left and right, a projecting central bay, and a parapet gable that is splayed at the top. The gable has a hipped roof and stacks positioned on either side. The windows are regularly spaced: three semi-circular headed wooden casements on the top floor, five glazing bar sash windows on the first floor (the central one with a semi-circular fanlight and keyed, rusticated surrounds), and four glazing bar sash windows on the ground floor. All windows, except the central one, have aprons and gauged heads that have developed into large brackets. A central door consists of six raised and fielded panels, topped with a semi-circular fanlight featured with a keyed and gauged surround, leading up a flight of three steps. Basement openings are located to the left and right, alongside a one-story red brick extension to the right. A keystone above the door is inscribed "EH 17 19." Inside, there are fully pine-panelled rooms, an original early 18th century staircase with turned balusters and a curved handrail. The 1719 work was commissioned for Edward Holliday, a London goldsmith.