Badsells Mains Farmhouse

Badsells Mains Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely has origins dating back to the 16th century, though it has undergone significant alterations and rearrangements in the late 18th or 19th century, with some modernisation in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed, with the ground floor underbuilt using late 18th to early 19th century Flemish bond red brick featuring decorative burnt headers, some of which has been rebuilt in the 20th century. The first floor is clad with peg-tile, and it has a brick stack and chimney shaft, topped with a peg-tile roof.

The farmhouse has a three-room plan and faces northeast. The largest room is located at the left (southeast) end and features a projecting gable-end stack. The current layout reflects the remodelling from the late 18th to early 19th century, while the 16th century work is confined to the right end of the building. The right end room and part of the centre room were originally the two-bay floored end of a larger house, with the upper room jettied at the right end. The structure is two storeys high, with lean-to outshots across the rear.

The exterior presents a regular but not symmetrical four-window front, featuring 20th century casements with glazing bars. The front doorway is located at the right end and contains an old plank door behind a 20th century gabled porch. The main roof is gable-ended on the left and half-hipped on the right.

Inside, the right (northwest) half of the house showcases 16th century carpentry. There is a present partition below a large plain crossbeam, and the crossbeam across the centre room has a series of mortises along its soffit, indicating it was once part of a crosswall, although it shows no evidence of a doorway. The joists are of large scantling, and there is evidence of a jetty at the right end. The remainder of the house features plain carpentry of slighter scantling. A large brick fireplace has been extensively repaired, and its plain oak lintel may be a replacement. The roof consists of late 18th to early 19th century tie-beam trusses with side purlins clasped by raking struts.