Cadditon Farmhouse

Cadditon Farmhouse is an early 16th-century farmhouse, with alterations from the 17th century and an 19th-century addition. The walls are of plastered cob, and the roof is thatched, gabled at the left end and hipped to the right. There is a projecting rendered rubble stack at the left gable end with a brick shaft, a rendered rubble axial stack and one at the right end, both with brick shafts. The original plan was a 3-room-and-through-passage layout, with the lower end to the right. The hall stack was inserted into what was formerly an open hall, which had a central hearth. The lower end was probably open to the roof, and it is unclear whether the inner room was too. The insertion of stacks and ceilings probably occurred in the early 17th century, and a 19th-century outbuilding at the right-hand end was later converted to domestic accommodation. In the 20th century, the partition between the hall and inner room was removed. The front of the house has an asymmetrical 4-window arrangement with late 20th-century 2-light casements; the ground-floor window to the left of centre is in a small projection. There is a 20th-century plank door in the centre, sheltered by a slate doorhood. Inside, the hall fireplace has a chamfered wooden lintel with run-out stops. There is a similarly stopped deep chamfered cross beam. A plank and muntin screen with chamfered muntins and mason’s mitres to the headbeam is located to the lower side of the passage. The lower room has heavy chamfered ceiling beams. A cruck blade survives at the rear over the passage, with no joint visible. During recent re-thatching, the thatch indicated smoke-blackening of the timbers at the lower end, although this could not be confirmed due to limited roof access.