Tuck Mill Farmhouse

Tuck Mill Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with some early 18th century modernization and a significant refurbishment in the late 19th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with stone rubble stacks topped with 19th century brick, and features a thatched roof. The main block faces southwest and has a three-room-and-through-passage layout. At the northeast end is an inner room kitchen with an end stack. Next to it is the dining room, which was formerly the hall, featuring an axial stack that backs onto the passage. The southwest room is a lower end parlour with an end stack, and there is a second parlour in a one-room plan rear block at this end, with its stack backing onto the front parlour. Additionally, there is a one-room plan rear dairy block at the right end. The stairs rise in an outshot between the rear wings. Although the current house reflects the late 19th century refurbishment, the layout of the front block suggests origins from the 16th or 17th century, possibly as some form of open hall house. The house is two storeys tall.

The exterior features an irregular four-window front with 20th century casements that have glazing bars. The passage front doorway is located left of centre and contains a 19th century part-glazed six-panel door under a contemporary flat hood supported by shaped timber brackets. The roof is tall, steeply pitched, and hipped at both ends.

Inside, most of the features show the results of 19th and 20th century modernizations, with most joinery details dating from these periods. All fireplaces are blocked, and the hall and lower parlour have quite grand 19th century marble chimneypieces. The kitchen retains a late 16th century to early 17th century chamfered and step-stopped crossbeam, which is the only exposed carpentry in the main block. The main block roof was not inspected, but the bases of straight principals visible at first floor level are substantial enough to suggest 17th or early 18th century A-frame trusses. The dairy features a chamfered and run-out stopped crossbeam, and the old door leading into it from the rear outshot includes a ventilator grille.