The Folly

The Folly is a house dating from the 16th century or early 17th century, constructed with a timber frame and rubble stone, featuring some red brick. It has a stone slate roof with a ridge stack and a chimney gable on the north-east side. The building is a single storey with an attic.

On the north side, there is a chimney gable to the left, with a timber-framed lean-to at the angle of the main range. It has a two-light timber-mullion window with iron opening lights at the north end. The main range displays exposed framing and features a large dormer gable with a four-light timber-mullion window above a three-light window on the ground floor, which also has an iron opening light. To the right, there is a door flanked by red brick panels, and a 20th-century gabled porch.

To the right is a large 20th-century cross wing made of red brick and imitation timber-frame. The east gable end shows exposed framing, with some areas covered in plaster panels and others in red brick. In the gable, there is an original small canted timber oriel window with a 1-3-1-light configuration, leaded and with iron opening lights. The ground floor has a five-light 20th-century window, which retains the original iron opening lights.

The south front, facing the garden, has been rebuilt on the ground floor in red brick with 20th-century openings, but the rubble stone chimney wall is original. It also features a large timber-framed dormer gable with a four-light window and a smaller eaves dormer to the right, which has a 1-3-1-light small canted timber oriel under a stone-tiled hood. There is a 20th-century dormer to the right and the gable of the 20th-century cross wing beyond.