Tunley Farmhouse

Tunley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century and the 19th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble and cob, topped with an asbestos-cement slate roof. The right half of the building features lower ceiling and roof levels and was originally a two-room cross-passage, with the right room being heated and a central two-storey porch. In the late 19th century, a large extension was added to the left, which included a new entry and porch, as well as a gabled wing behind the left room.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a symmetrical arrangement of windows, with two on each side. On the ground floor, there is a prominent three-light casement window in a projecting square gabled two-storey bay, accompanied by a two-light window on the upper storey and another two-light window in a half-gable above the gabled porch, which features a segmental arch and an inner 19th-century panelled and part-glazed door. The earlier section has a small two-light window, and within the two-storey gabled porch, there is a large three-light window set back in a former doorway, along with another three-light window to the right. The first floor includes a two-light window in the porch gable and another two-light window in a half-gable. The building has gable stacks on both the right and left sides, with an additional stack on the rear gabled wing.

Inside, the early block features a series of large plastered transverse beams. There is a 19th-century staircase with octagonal balusters and a mahogany handrail, as well as a square spiral wood stair. The interior also contains many early doors, including a notable 18th-century segmental-headed cupboard. The roof structure consists of numbered and pegged trusses with two purlins, and at the far end, there is a cruck-like principal. Historical records indicate that the farm was occupied by the King family in 1608, and the 1851 census recorded 15 occupants, including six servants, one of whom was a governess.