Round Chimneys Farmhouse

Round Chimneys Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed house that originated around the 1590s and was likely expanded in 1632, with extensive alterations and demolitions occurring in the 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and rendered with ashlar dressings, featuring tiled and stone slated gable-ended roofs. It has round stone stacks at the gables and on the ridge to the left of the door. The main range is situated to the southwest, while an earlier service range is located to the northeast. Originally, the house was much larger, consisting of two parallel ranges that ran at right angles to the current ridge and included a gabled attic storey.

The main range has two storeys and features stone mullioned and transomed windows with ovolo-moulded 2 and 3-light designs, wrought iron casements, and leaded lights. There is a smaller 2-light window without a transom to the center right, which has likely been transposed with the front door. The door itself is framed by a moulded architrave and stone head. A continuous moulded string course runs above the ground floor windows, serving as a label.

The service wing also has two storeys and includes a 5-light hollow chamfered stone mullioned window with a square returned label on the ground floor, along with two 2-light, ovolo-moulded, stone mullioned windows above. To the left, there is a single-light staircase window. The right gable features blocked windows and a shallow 4-centred arch with a moulded doorway. At the rear, there is another 4-centred arch and a moulded doorway, along with a catslide roof.

Internally, the house has undergone significant alterations, but it retains two decorated and moulded round-headed archways with projecting keystones. The north side of the house was taken down during the 19th century. The date of 1632 is inscribed above the door, and the date of 159- is found on the chimney. The property was once owned by John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough.