Brittleware Farmhouse

Brittleware Farmhouse is a 16th-century, three-bay central smoke bay house located on Norwood Hill Road. It features a stair turret and a chimney that were added in the 17th century, along with an early 18th-century parlour wing to the north. The building is L-shaped, two storeys high with attics, and constructed with timber framing and painted brick infilling, while the first floor is tile hung. The roof is half-hipped and tiled, with a pentice behind and a gabled stair turret that projects from it. There are three casement windows and a simple doorcase. The roof structure includes clasped purlins and curved wind braces, with smoke blackened rafters in the old smoke bay. The attics have always been used for storage, and the original wooden grain bins remain. The stair turret provides direct access to the farmyard, allowing farm hands to avoid bringing sacks of corn into the house. The parlour features some 18th-century panelling at dado level and has chamfered and stopped joists.