Temple Farmhouse

Temple Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a country club. It dates back to the 16th century, with possible earlier origins, and was reconstructed in the 18th century around 1900. The building is made of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features an old plain-tile roof. It consists of two parallel ranges connected by a linking wing and has two storeys plus attics.

The main range showcases moulded eaves-coves, gable parapets, and stone stacks, much of which dates from the rebuilding. The entrance front includes two earlier windows on the first floor: to the left is a 16th-century stone-mullioned window with three concave-chamfered, four-centre arched lights, and above the entrance is a two-light window with two-centre arched lights, also concave chamfered but without an outer rebate. There is a re-set shield carved with a cross pattee over the entrance.

The gable of the projecting wing to the right features a 16th-century three-light window with four-centre arched lights and a double concave chamfer, with a 20th-century copy below it. Extending to the right from the projecting wing is an 18th-century two-storey, two-window cottage range with a central door and three-light casements. The left gable wall of the main range is likely early 17th century and has concave-chamfered mullioned windows with straight hood-moulds.

At the rear, there are two 15th-century windows with two and three lights (the latter being a remnant) featuring concave-chamfered four-centre arched lights and an outer casement moulding, as well as a crude arched single light. Inside, the main range contains some 17th-century panelling and a 16th-century moulded stone fireplace adorned with Tudor roses carved in the spandrels. The roof has three heavy cambered tie-beams, which are morticed on the soffit for braces. The building is located on the site of a preceptory of the Knights Templars, which was later transferred to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.