Collins Farmhouse

Collins Farmhouse is a building that originally served as a cloth hall and dates back to the early 16th century, with additions from the 18th century and cladding and alterations from the 19th century. The structure is timber-framed and features red and blue brick cladding on the ground floor to the right, with tile-hanging above and a wide rendered band below the eaves. It has a projecting gabled wing to the left, which has a red and blue brick ground floor and a weather-boarded first floor. The roofs are plain tiled and half-hipped. A very tall central brick ridge stack is present. The building has two storeys and garrets, with an irregular arrangement of windows, including two on each floor that are a mix of 18th-century casements and large 19th-century wood mullion and transom windows. There is a half-glazed door in the centre, sheltered by a gabled brick weather porch. At the rear, there is a deep catslide extension, which leads to a 2½ storey half-hipped rear block from the 18th century. Inside, a substantial timber frame remains, and there is an inserted stack with a stone fire surround dated 1592.