Dairy House

Dairy House is a farmhouse located in Berwick St. James, dating from the mid-17th century, 18th century, and mid-19th century. The building features dressed limestone and flint with a roof made of tiles or Welsh slate, along with brick stacks. It has an 'L'-shaped plan, with the 17th-century range gable end facing the road.

The house is two stories high and has four windows on the front, which are fitted with sash windows. To the left of the front, there is a four-panelled door set in a moulded architrave, topped with a flat wooden hood supported by brackets. To the right, there is a three-light casement window, a blocked doorway, and a 12-pane flush sash window belonging to the mid-19th-century range. On the first floor, there is a two-light cast-iron casement window above the door, a three-light casement in what was once a recessed chamfered mullioned window, a single-light casement, and a 12-pane sash window to the right.

The left side of the house is mainly flint and features a four-light 20th-century casement window and a glazed door on the ground floor, with three two-light cast-iron casements on the first floor. The rear of the front range has two 12-pane sashes on the ground floor set into a cob wall. The 17th-century wing includes cast-iron casements on the return and gable end, with a cast-iron casement on the ground floor, a single-light ovolo-moulded casement on the first floor, and a three-light ovolo-mullioned casement with a hoodmould in the attic. The gable features a coped verge with saddleback coping and a broken finial.

Inside, the house has a deep chamfered beam with ogee stops and an open fireplace located laterally, complete with a chamfered lintel on stone jambs in the 17th-century range. The first floor retains some timber-framed partitions, planked or two-panelled doors, and a herringbone brick panel on the north wall, which includes the remains of an open fireplace.