The Elms

The Elms is a late 17th-century farmhouse, with alterations and additions made in the early 19th century and later. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, featuring a rubble plinth with angled brick top, a hipped slate roof with stone slates at the eaves, concrete tiles to the south west block, a double Roman tiled extension, and brick stacks. Originally L-shaped, the farmhouse was infilled in the early 19th century with a kitchen block.

The main façade has two and a half storeys and five windows, all 2-light casements with 8 panes each under the eaves at the first floor. The ground floor windows are outer windows of 3 panes, with margin glazing, and inner casements matching the upper windows, each set within a cambered brick head and relieving arch. Alterations to the window positions on the left side are visible, with a remaining relieving arch over a blocked window. A central, steeply gabled porch has raised coped verges and kneelets, featuring a round-headed arch springing from impost blocks, with inner benches and blocked side lights, and a 4-panelled door with a plain fanlight. Dormers with segmental heads each contain 2-light casements of 6 panes. A three-course brick banc course and a wooden eaves cornice are supported by wrought iron brackets.

The left return has five windows, with four relieving arches remaining at ground floor, although only two casements remain: the second from the left and the second from the right. A small window with panes is centrally located on the first floor. The right return has a cellar window with a relieving arch, a blocked window, and a 20th-century 16-pane window. A blocked window and a casement matching those on the front are set on the first floor. A straight joint marks the junction with a later kitchen block built in a matching style with larger bricks. This block features two 2-light casements at the first floor and one ground floor window, all with 3 panes a light and with a relieving arch. A plank door and a single-storey 20th-century extension are also present.

The rear elevation has the original block to the right, mirroring the front with ground and first floor windows and a dormer. To the left is a kitchen block with a double-hipped roof and two 2-light casements, a 20th-century door, a round head, keystone and fanlight, and a continuing rubble plinth. A further 20th-century extension on the left has two windows and a brick coping.

Inside, the entrance hall features an early 19th-century staircase with an open string, turned balusters, and mahogany newels. A ground floor room in the rear wing contains a wide fireplace with a deep chamfered lintel; a cat and two kittens are immured in the rear of the fireplace. The kitchen, formerly a rear courtyard, has a well. The 5-bay roof at the front has a tie-beam under the floor, two rows of purlins, collar, some chamfered purlins, accommodating dormers. The 3-bay roof to the rear wing has similar construction with hollow-chamfered upper purlins and chamfered lower purlins.