Church Farmhouse

Church Farmhouse is a farmhouse with a 17th-century origin, substantially refronted in the early 18th century. A porch is dated 1771, and later additions were made in the 19th century and around 1930, with further alterations in the late 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of limestone rubble with stone dressings, an ashlar porch, and rendered elevations, topped with a stone-tiled roof featuring raised coped verges and gable stacks. The roof is composed of double Roman tiles and slates to the rear. Originally designed with an L-shaped layout, the main house now presents a two-story, three-window facade; the right side of the roof has a lower pitch. It features Venetian windows, with a central light displaying a segmental head above a sash window with splayed glazing bars, and eight-pane sash windows on either side, all set within plain stone surrounds. A dormer with a hipped roof and a two-light casement is positioned on the right side. The central porch has square Doric columns, triglyphs above each column, a cornice, and a parapet adorned with two large acorns. A panelled and glazed door with a pointed arch sits beneath, with remnants of a continuous hood mould to the right of the porch. A circa 1930 addition to the right side is two stories high with two windows on each floor. The ground floor features two windows similar to the Venetian style, while the eaves area has two triple windows. The right return side contains a single light window to the attic of the main house in a moulded stone surround; a lower block has single-light windows on both the ground and first floors, along with two Venetian windows on the ground floor and a single and triple window under the eaves. The left return has two attic windows, and a two-light 19th-century stone casement to the right. The ground and lower ground floor on the left have two-light casements with moulded mullions and 20th-century glazing. At the rear, the addition has a porch and a first-floor two-light casement. An external stack is present at the rear, with a four-pane casement on the first floor. The rear of the main house incorporates a late 18th/early 19th century lean-to to the left, maintaining the pitch of the main roof, featuring a two-light casement with ovolo mullions and a similar casement with a hood mould. A two-story rear wing exhibits a three-light casement with wave-moulded mullions and some leaded lights remaining on the first floor left, alongside a 20th-century French window. To the right is a single-story lean-to, and at the rear of the wing is a 19th-century single-story addition with a pitched slate roof and a gable stack. A door is located at the rear, and a door and window on the right. The rear porch features a pitched roof supported by a Tuscan column, and a single-story lean-to to the left contains a four-pane casement and a six-pane casement. A dormer with a hipped roof and a lower slope of double Roman tiles is located at the rear of the main house's right side. The interior contains an early 19th-century stair. A likely former stair is found on the rear first-floor landing, where newel posts and some turned balusters (some replaced) remain. Floor level changes correspond with the roof’s slope at the front, revealing bays of the lower roof structure, including two rows of purlins and cambered collars, with the purlins cut through for the front dormer.