Lower Farmhouse

Lower Farmhouse, formerly known as Lower Berrick Farmhouse, is a large farmhouse that likely dates back to the 15th century and was extended and remodeled around 1600. It is constructed from coursed clunch rubble with brick dressings and features an old plain-tile roof with brick stacks. The building has a three-unit through-passage plan, a rear wing, and a stair tower, standing two storeys plus attics.

The front of the farmhouse has five windows and is characterized by a moulded brick plinth and four gables. There are two entrances: the left entrance features a projecting brick surround with a chamfered Tudor arch, recessed spandrels, and a moulded cornice, while the right entrance retains a moulded cornice above a 19th-century segmental arch. The roof includes large renewed stacks positioned to the right of centre and at the left end. The right end wall, which returns to the rear wing, is double gabled and has one original wood-mullioned gable window. The rear of the building has three two-light brick-mullion windows with labels, along with some wooden casements. There is a hipped-roofed single-storey bay against the left end that has a blocked light with a label at the rear and may have originally been taller.

Inside, the farmhouse features back-to-back open fireplaces, intersecting chamfered beams, and timber-framed internal walls. The open-well stair has very large turned pine balusters with knob finials and leads up to the attics. The roof is supported by heavy curved windbraces, and between the two right bays, there is a 15th-century arch-braced collar truss that springs from octagonal feet and has curved upper struts. It is likely that the original structure included a timber-framed two-bay open hall.