Home Farm House And Nos 1 And 2 Cottages

Home Farm House and Nos 1 and 2 Cottages is a house, originally part of a larger estate, later used as a farmhouse, and now divided into three properties. The core of the building dates to approximately 1351, representing the surviving two bays of a two-aisled base cruck open hall with a crownpost roof. A significant rebuilding of the lower end of the hall occurred in the late 15th century, followed by a refronting between 1574 and 1603. A service wing was likely added around 1639, with alterations circa 1800 and replacement windows in the 20th century.

The house is timber framed with a rendered plinth and whitewashed brick infilling, topped with a tiled roof featuring "club" and patterned bands. A prominent oversailing gable is on the left. The framing is characterized by thinner walls next to massive posts. There are three 20th-century casement windows on each floor. A fine studded door is located to the left of the centre, set within a moulded and chamfered surround, with a close stud frame on either side, strapwork hinges, and a flat hood on braces. Glazing is present between the posts above the door. The right-hand return front is brick and tile hung, with brick wings extending at right angles to the rear. Horsham slab roofs and a crownpost roof are visible on the right-hand wing. The rear of the building has good 17th-century stacks with two diagonal and two square shafts, each topped with corbelled details.

The interior retains the original crownpost roof of the former aisled hall and the top of the base cruck brace. Late 15th-century close-studded partitions and arched doorways are also present. A 16th-century chamfered beam has been cut away to accommodate an early 19th-century stick baluster staircase. There are some 1800s two-panelled doors, a fireplace, and cupboards with pintle and L-shaped hinges. The former east service wing contains a ground floor open fireplace from the early 17th century, including a spice cupboard and an arched doorway. The upper floor of this wing has a stone four-centred arched fireplace and original floorboards. This house once served as Newdigate Place before the present house of that name was constructed to the southeast. It is the only remaining portion of a large courtyard house erected by the Newdigate family in the 16th century, the rest of which was demolished in the late 18th century by John Smith Budgen.