Axford Farmhouse

Axford Farmhouse is a house that dates from the medieval period, with elements from the 17th and 19th centuries, and incorporates a chapel built between 1250 and 1300. The house is constructed of brick laced with flint and features a stone slate roof. It has 5 to 6 bays and is two stories tall. Inside, there is a cross passage with a heated chamber to the left that includes a medieval open hall. The south wing, which is now part of the kitchen, has two bays and is dated 1660 S.E.P., although it was reset during 19th-century alterations. The house has a 6-panelled door and various timber windows. On the south side, there is a gabled porch from the 19th century. The house has three stacks, two of which have initials E. P. and were partially rebuilt in the 19th century with diagonal brick shafts. The roof is quarter-hipped at the ends.

Inside, the house features a central truss over the former hall, with a complete smoke-blackened bay to the east and a half bay to the right that has a trimmer for a louvre. The collar has knee braces and canted struts, with the blade and braces displaying three hollow chamfers.

Attached to the east gable of the farmhouse is the chapel, which dates from the late 13th century. It is made of rendered flint with ashlar quoins and has a tiled roof. The chapel consists of three bays and now has an inserted floor. There is a door on the south side with keeled nook shafts, bell capitals, and a simple keeled roll with a hoodmould. To the east of the door are two windows featuring 'Y' tracery in two chamfered orders. The bay to the west of the door has a blocked square-headed window, and a probable second window has been replaced with a sash. The upper part of the chapel has two-light ogee-headed cinquefoiled lights with mouchette spandrels. The interior has been converted to an outbuilding and includes a fine piscina with a credence shelf, all under a cinquefoiled head. The bowl of the piscina is supported by a column that is not incorporated into the wall. The roof is a 17th-century replacement with a timber-framed gable, possibly dating from an earlier period. The east wall below the gable has been rebuilt in concrete blocks.