Great Pitford Farmhouse

Great Pitford Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1500, with alterations made in the 17th century and modernized in the late 20th century. The building features rendered cob walls and a thatched roof, which is gabled at the left end and hipped at the right. A partly rendered rubble lateral stack projects at the front, accompanied by a brick shaft at the left gable end.

Originally, the farmhouse had a three-room-and-through-passage layout, but the lower end on the right has been demolished and replaced by a 20th-century outbuilding. The house was initially open from end to end with a central hearth in the hall. In the early 17th century, it was floored, and the front lateral hall stack was inserted. A straight flight of stairs, possibly from the 17th century, rises at the rear of the hall, now enclosed in a 19th-century outshut. The interior was modernized and re-fenestrated in the late 20th century.

The exterior features an asymmetrical front with three windows, which are late 20th-century two-light casements without glazing bars. The stack is positioned to the right of center, with a rounded oven projection beyond it, and a recess for a late 20th-century part-glazed door to the right. The left side of the house projects slightly and includes a bee-bole with an arched head. The rear elevation has an original heavy oak doorframe to the left, which is chamfered and has a segmental arched head, with an outshut to its right.

Inside, the hall displays chamfered cross beams with double spade stops, and there is a chamfered cross beam in the inner room. The hall fireplace is blocked but likely has a heavy wooden lintel. The roof is intact and smoke-blackened throughout, featuring common rafters, battens, and thatch, with two pairs of crucks that show no visible joints, threaded purlins, and a diagonal ridge, though the collars are not visible.