Dene Farmhouse

Dene Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, featuring a hall (possibly open) and a crosswing. The building was reclad in the 18th and 19th centuries and underwent alterations in the 1920s. The ground floor is clad in brick, while the first floor has a mix of plain and patterned tiles. The roof is newly tiled and has two 19th-century brick chimneystacks. There are four 1920s oak casement windows and a two-storey porch added in the 1920s at the angle of the L-shaped structure, which includes a doorcase flanked by sidelights and a flat wooden hood supported by brackets. Attached to the farmhouse is a circular summerhouse built in the 1920s, made of brick with a conical tiled roof that incorporates a dovecot.

The rear elevation features a gabled extension made of 18th-century brickwork, designed as a stair turret, along with a one-storey 18th-century brick extension leading to the kitchen. Inside, the farmhouse has a 1920s staircase hall, but retains much of its late 15th or early 16th-century frame. The kitchen includes a two-inch chamfered spine beam with a lambs tongue stop, while the dining room has a similar beam and moulded ceiling beams. The lounge features a two-and-a-half-inch spine beam with a lambs tongue stop. The hall has a sawn-through beam with a 1920s lined oak staircase in Jacobean style. The first-floor crosswing has a front room with a crown post and wall frame with curved braces, as well as jowled upright posts. The adjoining room includes a midrail and diagonal braces, a curved tie beam with two-inch chamfers and a lambs tongue stop, and a tie beam with brush light marks. The crosswing features a crown post roof with a collar beam and old pegged rafters. The main part of the house has angled queen struts and some curved windbraces, with some rafters appearing smoke blackened, indicating that the house has suffered a fire at some point in its history.