Crammers Farmhouse

Crammers Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been subdivided into two houses. It likely dates from the 18th century and has undergone some alterations in the late 20th century. The building is constructed from local limestone rubble and is whitewashed on the front. It features a thatched roof with gabled ends, an axial stack located to the left of center, and a later internal lateral stack at the rear right. The front elevation shows evidence of significant patching, making the original layout somewhat unclear. It may have originally been a three-room wide, single-depth plan, with a hall or kitchen on the left heated by the axial stack. An approximately central entrance leads into a lobby with stairs to the left and a small service room behind the stair and entrance lobby. The right-hand room, which was originally unheated, may have served as storage, and there is a blocked recess on the rear elevation at first floor level that suggests a possible loft entrance. A small unheated room at the left end may have functioned as an unheated parlour or an additional service room. Late 20th-century alterations include the repositioning of the front door and some new windows. The left end of the house is now occupied separately. The building is two stories tall with an asymmetrical six-window front, featuring a large late 20th-century thatched porch to the right of center and a second half-glazed thatched porch to the left. The ground floor has two and three-light casements with two panes per light, while the first floor windows are two-light casements with two and three panes per light, except for the first floor left and the two right-hand windows, which are aluminium replacements. The rear elevation, facing the road, has a wide recess at first floor level and two one-light first floor windows, one of which has square leaded panes and is likely from the 18th century. There are also three ground floor casements, including one with an iron stanchion. The interior has been largely modernized, but the presumed arrangement of the 18th century remains mostly intact. The large fireplace associated with the axial stack has a plastered-over lintel and jambs, and there are two roughly-hewn cross beams that are also plastered over. This vernacular house is prominently situated adjacent to the road.