Furze Farmhouse

Furze Farmhouse, now used as stables, likely dates to the early 16th century, with significant remodelling in the late 16th century and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, with a pantiled roof featuring gable ends. A stone rubble axial hall stack backs onto the passage, topped with a tapered cap, while a brick stack is located at the right end of the building. The original plan incorporated a cross-passage at the left end, a hall to the right with an axial stack backing onto the passage, and an inner room at the right end. A continuous outshut extends to the rear.

The roof structure was replaced in the 18th or 19th century, although access for a full survey was not possible. Evidence of smoke-blackening on the inner face of the left gable end wall indicates the hall and passage were originally open to the roof. A solid wall partition rises to the apex of the roof between the hall and inner room; the gable end stack originally heated the inner room and is a 19th-century addition. A hall window has been built out as a two-storey bay projection, likely in the 17th century. The continuous rear outshut, constructed of thick cob walls, was probably added in the late 17th or 18th century and contains a straight-run staircase at the left end.

The property has two storeys and a three-window front, primarily featuring 2-light casement windows with six panes per light. A 19th-century doorway is located to the left of a bread-oven projection. Ground-floor hall and inner room windows have been enlarged to create doorways.

Inside, the floor of the inner room has been removed but a chamfered axial ceiling beam survives. The hall has been largely stripped in the 20th century but retains an open fireplace with a bread oven. A good 16th-century elliptical arched timber doorway with a chamfered surround connects the hall to the former inner room chamber. A late 17th or early 18th-century straight-headed doorway provides access between the hall and the rear outshut. A 16th-century 4-centred arched, chamfered door surround frames the doorway to the upper storey between the hall and former inner room chamber. 19th-century grates are present in the inner room and former chamber above. A chamfered door surround defines the doorway from the hall to the rear outshut. The roof structure is notable for lacking trusses, with purlins carried entirely on solid wall partitions.