Homeliving

This is an early 16th-century farmhouse, later altered and now sub-divided. It is constructed of cob, rendered on a stone plinth, and has a thatched gabled-end roof. Originally designed with a 3-room plan and a through passage, the house is two storeys throughout, with a four-window front. There are two front entrances, the left-hand one sheltered by a thatched porch. Two upper windows project through the roofline. The windows are a mix of 19th-century casements on the upper floor and 10-pane sashes below. The ridge line is irregular, with the left-hand side significantly higher than the right.

The interior contains a jointed cruck truss roof, side-pegged to the collar and apex, with plastered and smoke-blackened sides. Above this is a 3-bay smoke-blackened roof with principals, purlins and rafters; the rafters above the hall are square, while those on the rest of the house are flat. A large, 20th-century wing has been added to the rear of the building.

The room to the left of the former passage (the hall) features fragments of plaster ceiling, one bearing royal arms and the letters "CR" dated 1663, alongside two panels with formal tree designs. The fireplace has stone jambs with ovolo moulding and replacement wooden lintels, with a separate entrance to a former oven. A heavily chamfered beam is present, with bar stops. The left-hand end room (inner chamber) features two main beams with cyma reversa mouldings and filler, as well as step stops. Its fireplace incorporates stone jambs and a wooden lintel, all with ovolo mouldings and decorative stops, and a plaster panel with diamond, circle, and V-shaped motifs. Evidence suggests a former screen once divided these rooms.

An upstairs room above the hall displays jointed crucks, side-pegged to the collar, and one exposed purlin, along with further plaster fragments. The left-hand end room above the inner chamber has a fireplace with stone jambs, ovolo mouldings, and a stepped lintel, alongside a purlin with ovolo moulding. This room retains its original plaster ceiling, decorated with inner and outer connected squares featuring double-moulded ribs and floral motifs, predominantly roses and thistles, arranged diagonally with a central rose device. In addition, a fragment of a former plaster ceiling panel is located above the left-hand upper window.