Latters Farmhouse

Latters Farmhouse is a timber-framed farmhouse, likely dating to the late 16th or early 17th century, with possible medieval origins. It has undergone some 19th and 20th-century modernisation, including a crosswing built around 1900. The main block’s ground floor is underbuilt with Flemish bond red brick featuring burnt headers, while the frame above is tile-hung. The crosswing is also constructed in Flemish bond red brick. Brick stacks and chimneyshafts are visible.

The farmhouse is set back from the road and faces east. Originally, it had a three-room-and-through-passage plan. A small, unheated service room is located at the north end, leading to the passage and then the main hall, with a central stack backing onto the passage. The original inner room or parlour has been rebuilt as a two-room parlour crosswing, with a central stack separating the rooms.

The house’s development history cannot be fully determined due to the lack of internal inspection, but its shape and layout suggest it began as a medieval open hall house, likely heated by an open hearth. The hall was subsequently floored over, and the central stack inserted, probably during the late 16th or early 17th century. The inner room or parlour was rebuilt around 1900, potentially incorporating original materials.

The exterior is two storeys high, with attic space within the roof of the main block. The front elevation has a 1:3-window arrangement. The one-window section in the gable end of the 1900 crosswing retains original sash windows with margin panes, some of which are in a bay window. The three-window section of the main block is nearly symmetrical, arranged around a passage front doorway with a contemporary gabled porch and a 20th-century part-glazed plank door. The windows are 19th and 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The main roof is half-hipped to the right, and the lower crosswing has a gable end facing the front.

An original arch-headed oak doorway was observed on the service side of the passage during an external inspection. Internal inspection was not possible at the time of listing.