Wellington Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, significantly refurbished in the early to mid-19th century. Constructed of plastered stone rubble with some cob, featuring stone rubble stacks with plastered brick chimneyshafts, and a thatched roof. Originally an L-plan building, the main block faces south and is set back from the road. It was initially designed with a three-room-and-through-passage plan, containing an unheated service room on the east end. The passage now accommodates the main staircase, which blocks the back of the original passage. The main hall has a rear lateral stack, and the parlour breaks forward from the front, with a former gable-end stack now backing onto a service block. A service wing extends from the parlour, with the first room aligned with the main block, and a cartshed projecting at right angles to the west end, now converted into garages. The 19th-century refurbishment included a complete reroofing, limiting the visibility of earlier structural details. It likely began as an open hall house in the 16th century, with evidence suggesting an internal jetty at the upper end of the hall. The house is two stories high. The exterior presents an irregular 1:1:2-window front with 19th and 20th-century replacement casement windows with glazing bars. The central doorway, within a symmetrical two-window section, has a 19th-century part-glazed 6-panel door under a contemporary hood supported on shaped timber brackets. The main block has a hipped roof to the right, and the cartshed has a half-hipped roof. The interior mainly reflects 19th and 20th-century modernization, though some original features are present. The fireplace in the inner room, constructed of Beerstone ashlar with a chamfered oak lintel, dates from the late 16th to early 17th century, and includes 19th-century brick lining and a contemporary oven. The hall features a similar fireplace and a probably early 17th-century crossbeam with broad chamfers. The roof is said to be 19th and 20th century.