Rycote Farmhouse

Rycote Farmhouse is a house, formerly a farmhouse, built in 1937 by H.S. Goodhart-Rendel. The structure features rendered brick and some weatherboarding, topped with a clay plain tile roof that has both hipped and gabled sections, along with a broad red brick axial stack at the apex of the main roof. The building has an approximately square double-depth plan and is designed in the Domestic Revival style.

The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front. The central bay projects and has a hipped roof, featuring a doorway with a fanlight and a segmental canopy. Above the doorway are tripartite sash windows. To the left and right of the central projection, the roof extends down to low eaves, with segmental arch 25-pane sashes below. The side elevations are asymmetrical and also feature similar sashes, with first-floor windows set in the gables. The symmetrical three-bay rear elevation has gables on both sides, with similar sashes on the first floor and a plank door with a segmental overlight. The recessed central bay has a lean-to roof outshut with a five-light casement window between the gabled end bays, and a similar continuous casement window above.

Although Goodhart-Rendel is primarily known as a church architect, he designed several estate cottages early in his career. This farmhouse is a rare example from his later, more mature period as an architect.