Great Huxhill Farmhouse

Great Huxhill Farmhouse is an early 17th-century farmhouse, likely with medieval origins. It is colourwashed over a cob and stone construction, with a gabled slate roof dating to the late 19th century, and rendered stone ridge and rear lateral stacks, along with a lateral stack on the left side wall of the cross wing. The building has a three-unit plan, with a ridge stack adjoining the through passage. To the left of the passage is a hall, and to the right a service range featuring medieval cruck construction. The cross wing to the left houses a domestic chamber block.

The front of the building shows a two-story gable end of the cross wing to the left of the main range, the main range being one storey with an attic. There is a four-window range on the front. A fine 17th-century ribbed and panelled door, complete with strap hinges, is set in an ovolo-moulded and hollow-chamfered architrave with urn stops, leading to the through passage. There are early 17th-century ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned windows: a five-light window to the right, and a four-light window to the left, with a chamfered king mullion. Three gabled dormers are present, one dated 1776, and are fitted with late 19th-century two-light casements. The gabled front of the cross wing to the left has a 17th-century ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned four-light window above a larger, similar four-light window with a chamfered king mullion. The rear gable of the cross wing features a 17th-century plank door set in an ovolo-moulded frame, and a 17th-century ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned three-light window in the right gable end.

Inside, the through passage has a 17th-century panelled cupboard door and a beaded plank door to the hall on the left. The hall contains ovolo-moulded beams and wall beams with raised-tongue stops, and a 17th-century ribbed door to a straight-flight staircase with turned balusters, framing the side of a partition. Chamfered beams and a 19th-century straight-flight staircase (in its original 17th-century position) lead to two rooms on the right. A room above the hall has 17th-century plank doors with original latches, while a 17th-century plank door leads to a room over the through passage and a central room. This central room has a two-panelled 17th-century door with an original lock to a closet above the front door. A similar 17th-century door adjacent to the closet provides access to three smaller rooms over the right end of the house; these rooms also have 17th-century plank doors, and incorporate part of a late medieval raised cruck within a central transverse partition. The cross wing to the left has 17th-century plank doors set in chamfered and ovolo-moulded frames, and a 17th-century quarter-turn staircase with winders. The 17th-century roof is of a conventional A-frame type. Although some important features, such as open fireplaces and partition walls, have been obscured, Great Huxhill Farmhouse is a remarkably well-preserved example of an early 17th-century farmhouse. Many of the original farm buildings also survive.