Collins Farmhouse Including Barn And Shippon Attached At East End

Collins Farmhouse, including an attached barn and shippon at the east end, is a former tenement farmhouse that has been converted into a private dwelling. The farmhouse and barn date from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The shippon was added in the 19th century. The building is constructed of unrendered stone rubble, with cob at the rear. The farmhouse and barn share a continuous thatched roof with gable ends, while the shippon has a corrugated iron roof with gable ends. There is a stone rubble stack on the left gable end of the farmhouse.

The layout includes the farmhouse on the left end, consisting of two rooms. The larger room on the left is heated and has a direct entry, while the smaller room on the right contains a staircase that runs up the rear wall and enters the larger room at its rear right-hand corner. The barn is attached at the right end and features opposing rear doorways leading to a central threshing floor. The lofted shippon is attached to the right end of the barn, completing the long range.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a two-window range. It features hipped dormers with 20th-century two-light casements, each with three panes per light. There is a thatched roof over a late 19th-century timber porch with a plank inner door. The barn has a stable door with a cambered stone lintel and a two-light window to the right with wooden shutters. There is also a probably late 17th-century rear doorway with chamfered durns. The shippon has a plank door to the left of a window opening with a timber lintel.

Inside, the farmhouse has been largely altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a cambered brick arch to the fireplace, which includes a bread oven. There is a 19th-century winder staircase and heavy straight roof trusses and purlins, although there is no access to the roof space. The farmhouse does not have a rear outshut. Collins Farmhouse is recognized as the best surviving example of the majority of farmhouses in Chittlehamholt, which were established in the former 'holt' or wood that was divided and enclosed into small farms in the 17th century.