Dunsden Farmhouse

Dunsden Farmhouse is probably of late Medieval origin, although it was largely rebuilt in the 17th century. The farmhouse is constructed of red brick in a mainly random bond, with a platband at the rear, and has a timber-framed cross-wing largely rebuilt in brick. It has a clay plain tile roof with gabled ends, and brick axial and gable-end stacks.

The cross-wing, at the north-west end, is the only surviving part of an earlier Medieval house, its hall having been demolished. The main brick range is of three rooms, with an axial stack between the centre and right-hand rooms (likely originally with a lobby entrance), and a smaller room on the left, now an entrance hall with a porch at the front, in the angle with the cross-wing. The cross-wing has a stack and ovens on its front gable-end and has been extended at the rear in the late 20th century.

The main range has an asymmetrical front, with a four-window facade. It features 20th-century one, two and three-light casement windows, those on the ground floor set within widened, cambered arch openings. A 20th-century glazed door is located to the right of the centre. Large brick diagonal raking buttresses are visible at the lower right-hand end. At the rear, there are circa 18th-century two-light casements with leaded panes on the first floor, and an extended gable-end to the cross-wing on the right, with a 20th-century porch in the angle.

Inside, the larger, right-hand room has a chamfered axial beam with ogee stops at one end, exposed joists and a large brick fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel with straight-cut stops. The smaller, central room features a chamfered axial beam with hollow step stops, and a rebuilt brick fireplace with long hollow step stops. A timber-framed wall separates the centre and small left room (now a hall), which also has a chamfered axial beam. The cross-wing has a large chamfered cross beam with straight-cut stops; one beam has been replaced, and some broad joists remain.

The roof of the main range retains a 17th-century queen-post and clasped purlin structure, with curved wind-braces, common rafter couples, some of which are smoke-blackened and re-used from a former open hall. The cross-wing was re-roofed in the 17th century with side purlins and common rafter couples.