Cowden Farmhouse

Cowden Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating primarily from the mid-17th century, with windows inserted in the 20th century that originated in the 16th century. A 19th-century extension adds one bay to the west. The walls are constructed of random flint rubble, and the roof is thatched, with a gable at the east end and a hip at the west end. Brick stacks are located just in from the hip apex and at the east gable. The farmhouse has one and a half storeys and originally featured three windows, now four. The window arrangement is two windows, two panes, a door, two windows, three panes. The windows have inserted mullions made of Ham stone, with large hollow chamfers and four-centred heads. They feature iron casements with lead lights, some of which have been replaced. The window in the added western bay has square-headed lights. All ground floor windows have individual, returned labels above them. Large, two-light eyebrow dormers, aligned with the windows below, have 20th-century casements with horizontal glazing bars. The front door was originally to the left of centre but is now centrally located, with an 18th-century brick jamb and a plank door featuring a single glazed light in a wood frame. Internally, the original plan consisted of three units, with a formerly unheated central room. A cross passage remains, along with remnants of plank and muntin partition work. A dog-leg staircase is now located on the back wall of the former central room. The open fireplace in the east room has stone jambs constructed from 16th-century window frames and mullions, and corbels. It has a chamfered wood lintel above, and a false access to a bread oven was created in the 20th century. The ceiling features heavy chamfered wood beams with run-out stops.