Furzemans

This is a late medieval house, originally a farmhouse, situated in Ilsington. The building is constructed of stone rubble and cob, finished with roughcast, and has slate roofs. Notable features include two 16th or 17th century stone chimneystacks; one projects from the left-hand gable, the other is centrally located on the ridge with thatched weatherings. A large projecting stone stack with offsets is present on the rear wall's right side, likely dating to the 17th century, and topped with later brick shafts. The original layout included a through-passage leading to a hall and an inner room, both likely containing fireplaces by the 17th century. A longer, lower section to the right was possibly originally a living area, with the section adjacent to the passage later becoming a kitchen. A further section to the right was added later, evidenced by the lower level and different window configuration. The front features 4-window openings, with late 19th century wood casements including glazing bars. The front door, located in the third bay from the left, is 20th century. According to the owner, a previous rear doorway possessed a wooden frame with a pointed arch. A late 16th or 17th century wooden second-storey window with an ovolo-moulded mullion is found in the rear wall at the lower end.

The interior displays chamfered half-beams with pyramid stops in the through-passage, alongside chamfered joists with diagonal-cut stops. The hall fireplace incorporates rounded stone corbels and a chamfered wood lintel, with an adjacent oven. The upper-floor ceiling features chamfered beams and joists with step-stops, though some beams near the fireplace are later insertions, potentially replacing a mechanism for a spit. The upper-floor joists cease short of the wall, revealing the remnants of a former internal jetty which indicates the hall originally extended to the roof. The joists over the inner room are plain, while those over the hall are chamfered with run-out stops; they now rest on a stone rubble wall, replacing what was probably a plank-and-muntin screen. Fragments of this screen remain in the through-passage, with a chamfered stud exhibiting run-out stops. A curved foot of either a cruck or jointed cruck is visible in an upper floor room, set into the wall. The house was formerly known as Hillside; the name "Furzemans" originated from 19th-century title deeds.