Causeway Farmhouse And Causeway Cottage

Causeway Farmhouse and Causeway Cottage are a farmhouse and associated cottage, dating to the early 17th century, with extensions from the 18th and 19th centuries. The farmhouse is timber-framed and partly rebuilt in brick, with areas of roughcast rendering and applied sham timber framing. Later extensions are in stone rubble and brick. The roof is tiled, with gabled ends and a hipped corner. Brick stacks are located along the axial and lateral lines of the building.

The original plan comprised a jettied front range with two rooms, a central doorway, and a wing to the right, possibly of the same date, with later 18th and 19th century extensions to its southwest side and an outbuilding on the northwest end. The south east front has two windows, with a ground floor of red brick and a jettied first floor rendered with applied sham timber framing. The front features 19th century 20-pane sash windows and a central doorway with a six-panel door. Two small gabled dormers with 20th-century casements are present. A stone rubble gabled extension is visible on the left side of the rear wing’s south west elevation, with a brick infill at the centre. The northeast side of the farmhouse is a combination of roughcast and painted brick with various casements and a small gabled dormer. The outbuilding at the rear has one bay of exposed timber framing, the remainder constructed of brick and partly weatherboarded.

The attic of the main south east front range features a ceiled interior with an exposed 5-bay roof structure. This includes two tiers of purlins, the upper purlins clasped above high collars, and the lower purlins butted to the principals. Straight wind-braces are also present. The rear wing’s partition features curved braces to the tie-beam, and it has large purlins clasped over collars. A ground floor room in the rear wing contains chamfered axial and cross-beams and exposed joists.