Broad Town Farmhouse

The Broad Town Farmhouse, now a house, dates to 1625 and 1668, as indicated by inscriptions found in the kitchen and on the stack. The construction incorporates clunch, limestone, and brick, with 20th-century cedar shingles replacing the original thatch roof. It has a four-bay front parallel to the street, with a rear service wing to the right. The original layout included twin service rooms to the right of the main hall entrance, a parlour to the left, and an inner room beyond. The front elevation has had alterations: the bays to the left of the entrance have been rebuilt in brick, and there are 19th-century casement windows with segmental brick heads; the wall was raised to incorporate a first-floor window. A 4-panelled door is set within an early to mid-19th century Tuscan portico. The stone section to the right of the door has 19th-century casement windows, and a raised dormer. Inside, the parlour fireplace features moulded stone jambs, although the timber lintel likely replaced a stone head. One room contains a Great Exhibition circular iron fireplace with a marble surround. The spine beams are deeply chamfered with swept ends; in the former cheese room at the service end of the hall, the stops are bar-shaped. The upper floor is partially in the roof, with a good moulded stone fireplace above the hall. A 17th-century stud and panel partition remains, as does the original roof structure. The house is believed to have been remodelled by Roger Spackman, a relative of Thomas Spackman, whose monuments are located in Clyffe Pypard Church.