Town Farmhouse

Town Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, that was originally two cottages. It dates from the 16th century, with a rear wing likely added in the 18th century and a 20th-century extension. The exterior features rendered rubble walls that are exposed on the side, topped by a hipped thatched roof. There are large, slightly projecting rendered rubble stacks at the rear and left gable end, with a brick stack on the right gable end. The original layout consisted of three rooms and a through-passage plan, with a screens passage and a rear lateral fireplace in the hall. The lower room has a gable end fireplace, and the inner room was possibly unheated at first. The unheated rear wing was likely added in the 18th century. The building was converted into three cottages in the 19th century, then reduced to two, and is now under one ownership, although one end is self-contained. The passage has been removed, and there is probably a 20th-century outshut at the rear of the hall.

The house is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with five windows featuring 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars. There are two 20th-century glazed doors, one towards the left end and one to the right of centre, leading to the former passage under a rustic thatch porch. At the rear, there is a wing to the right and an outshut to its left.

Inside, there is a plain wooden lintel over the lower end fireplace, likely from the 18th century. A 16th-century plank and muntin screen remains between the lower room and the former passage, partially concealed, featuring a chamfered head beam and muntins with mason's mitres and diagonal cut stops. The doorway has a chamfered design with a depressed four-centred head. The hall fireplace has a chamfered wood lintel, partially filled in underneath, obscuring the stops. There is a chamfered cross beam with hollow step stops, and a few similarly decorated joists are still visible. The roof space has not been inspected, but according to the owner, it contains rough straight principals with lapped and pegged collars, probably from the 18th or 19th century. This house occupies a prominent position in the village centre, and its traditional facade contributes significantly to the area, while the surviving early features inside indicate it was built as a high-quality farmhouse.