Kings Farmhouse And The Old Brewhouse

Kings Farmhouse and the Old Brewhouse

Farmhouse now converted into two houses, with attached outbuilding now part of Kings Farmhouse. The building dates from the early 17th century, possibly with 16th-century origins, and was substantially rebuilt in the early 18th century. It has been altered in the 16th century, late 19th century, and late 20th century.

The rear wing is timber-fronted and was later clad in red brick with blue headers in Flemish bond. The front range is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings. The former outbuilding is weatherboarded with a brick left return. The roof is covered in old plain tiles, with brick stacks providing chimneys.

The early 18th-century front range consists of two storeys with an attic and five first-floor windows. The rear wing, possibly incorporating 16th-century origins, has one storey with an attic across two bays, with a third bay added at the rearmost end and an outshut under the outside roof on the north-east side. The former outbuilding projects from the front right and is one storey with two bays.

The front range features a six-panel part-glazed door positioned left of centre, with a painted wood architrave, segmental brick head, and flat hood. Three-light wooden mullion and transom windows with 19th-century detailing occupy the central and outer bays with flat brick arches. Blind recessed panels appear to the fourth bay and above the door. A red brick platt band runs horizontally, and the eaves are finished with a stepped, dentilled band. External spaces occupy the left end and one to the ridge right of centre.

The former outbuilding attached to the front right is early 18th-century with a small-pane casement window added in the 20th century. The left return includes a conservatory added in 1989, which is not of special interest, and a small blocked light to the attic. The rear wing shows brickwork from two different phases and features late 20th-century leaded-light casements, one on the ground floor right within a segmental-brick-arched opening and two on the first floor in gables. A late 20th-century conservatory at the end is not of special interest. The right return of the front range has 20th-century door and windows, while the wing has 20th-century windows and a two-storey extension, neither of special interest.

Interior

The rear wing, known as the Old Brewhouse, retains exposed timber-frame elements including partition walls between bays. The apexes retain wattle and daub infill with collars supported by three uprights. Straight wind braces are present, along with large-scantling through purlins, old rafters, and roof timbers that show sooting from past use. The ground-floor front room contains an inglenook fireplace with a lambs-tongue-stopped chamfered timber bressumer, a large-scantling deeply chamfered cross-beam above, and a later bread oven inserted within. A chamfered old L-hinged board door is present. The interior of the front range (Kings Farmhouse) was not inspected.