Kippings Cross Farmhouse

Kippings Cross Farmhouse is a house with origins in the 17th century, which was remodeled and refronted in the late 18th or early 19th century. The original structure was framed, but the front elevation has been rebuilt and covered in stucco, while the other sides are made of brick and tile-hung materials. The rear elevation features stone rubble footings. The roof has peg tiles on the front slope and is slated at the back, with stone and brick stacks that have rendered shafts.

The house faces east and has a double depth plan, with the main heated rooms on the left and right at the front, flanking a central entrance passage that contains the stair. There are service rooms at the rear, with the left rear room heated under a two-storey lean-to. The overall plan likely retains much of its 17th-century layout, although the rear brickwork indicates that a pre-19th-century outshut has been raised to two storeys.

The exterior is two storeys high and features an almost symmetrical three-bay front with a plinth and a roof that has sprocketted eaves, gabled at the ends. There is a central projecting enclosed porch with pilasters that have capitals, a moulded cornice, and an outer doorway with a basket arch; the front door is half-glazed and dates from the 19th or early 20th century. A platband runs at the first-floor level. The ground floor has two 12-pane sash windows, likely from the early 19th century, while the left-hand first-floor windows are probably late 18th-century 12-pane sashes with margin glazing, and the right-hand first-floor window is a 16-pane early 19th-century sash.

Inside, some remnants of the 17th-century fabric are visible, including wall posts that are part of the framing of the rear wall of the main block. The right-hand front room, which has served as a kitchen, features a massive open fireplace with a bread oven. The left-hand front room includes a chamfered crossbeam. There is an early 19th-century stair with a turned newel post and stick balusters. A re-used 17th-century panelled door on the first floor also preserves a late Victorian tiled chimney-piece.