Crocker'S Farmhouse With Adjacent Farmbuildings

Crocker’s Farmhouse with adjacent farmbuildings is a mid-17th century farmhouse, potentially incorporating earlier elements. The farmhouse is constructed of pebbledashed random rubble chert, with corrugated iron roofs on a gabled and hipped form. Originally designed with a 3-room, through-passage plan, the higher end is situated to the right of the passage, complemented by a wing projecting from the inner room. A service wing is positioned to the rear of the house, featuring a 2-storey range that likely served as storage but may have been used for servants or labourers' accommodation, creating a roughly three-sided courtyard layout. The service wing and projecting wing utilize jointed cruck construction; the roof over the main block and wing was replaced and heightened in the 19th century. During that period, the inner room was converted into a main entrance hall with stairs, and the house was extended to the right with an additional room. The hall is heated by an axial stack backing onto the passage; the wing behind the inner room has an internal end stack and evidence of former newel stairs. A cross wing extends from the 19th century addition. All stacks feature brick shafts.

The front elevation presents a roughly symmetrical 3-window range on the higher end and the 19th-century extension; the 1st floor has 12-pane hornless sash windows. A porch features a moulded cornice and solid side walls, with a panelled door. A 5-light casement window is present in the hall, alongside a French window in the 19th-century extension. The service end has a 3-light casement window dating to the early 19th century. Breeze block patching is noted on the exterior. The rear elevation of the service end also includes an early 19th-century 3-light casement with 8 decorated panes per light, and a small window in the hall chamber. An angle stair turret is visible on the outer face of the wing to the rear of the inner room. A planked door with fleur-de-lis strap hinges and a small 2-light window, with eroded surrounds and mullions, are present on another wing. A similar 3-light window is found on the opposite wall. The outer face of a final wing features 19th and 20th-century 2- and 3-light casement windows.

Internally, the service end and its wing exhibit jointed cruck trusses, side-pegged and with halved and pegged apex carpentry. The hall features intersecting ceiling beams forming a grid of 4 panels, the beams displaying composite moulding (oval and cavetto elements). A rear wing to the inner room has a cross ceiling beam with ovolo moulding and filletted run-out stops. An end fireplace is blocked but survives, concealing a bake oven and smoking chamber. The chamber above it is accessible only from the end newel and may have been used as labourers' accommodation.