Chamberlains Farmhouse

Chamberlain’s Farmhouse is a multi-phase building, originally dating from the 16th century. The attached former stable range to the south is not included in the listing.

The farmhouse is constructed of cob, rendered and covered with a thatched roof. It is orientated roughly north-south.

On the west elevation, the original location of the door into the cross passage is visible to the left of a projecting bread oven housing, now marked by a single small window. Below are three larger windows indicating the original service room, hall, and inner room. Three small first-floor windows are present, one with an eyebrow dormer. The thatched roof is hipped to the north and gabled to the south, with a single chimney stack above the hall fireplace. A lean-to extension with a tall window, once a stable with a hay loft above, sits at the southern end.

To the east, a projecting extension is located at the southern end, with a slate-roofed lean-to extension at the northern end. Between these is a three-light window at ground floor level and two casement windows with eyebrow dormers at first floor level, either side of the slate roofed extension.

The farmhouse is now entered from the southern end, where the previous inner room has been subdivided to create a hall and utility room. The former stable and tack room, now to the south, features large, repositioned beams from the former hay loft. A plank and muntin screen divides the hall from the inner room; the muntins are chamfered with cut diagonal stops on both sides. The hall, now a kitchen, has this screen on one side and a large axial stack of rubble stone with a modern lintel on the other. The hall ceiling has large beams with deep chamfers and step stops. Evidence suggests the insertion of a jettied upper chamber over the inner room.

Beyond the hall is the location of the former cross passage, now divided to form a small room with exposed stone walls, and a hall beyond containing a modern stair within the projecting extension. The former service end, now a dining room, was once heated by a lateral stack that has been removed.

The stair leads to the upper floor where several rooms have exposed timbers, and elements of the roof structure are visible.