Henacroft Farmhouse

Henacroft Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around the late 16th century, possibly with late medieval origins. It was extended in the 18th century and underwent alterations in the 19th century. The building features rendered cob walls and has a hipped thatch and asbestos slate roof. There are a rendered rubble lateral stack at the front, a brick stack at the left-hand end, and a rendered brick lateral stack at the rear.

The original plan consisted of three rooms and a through passage, with the lower end to the right. The hall is heated by the front lateral stack, the lower room by the rear lateral stack, and the inner room by a gable end stack, which may have been added later. An unheated wing was added to the front of the inner room, likely in the late 17th century, though its purpose is unclear. A dairy wing was added behind the inner room at a similar or slightly later date. Any evidence of a medieval open hall was likely removed during the remodeling of the hall and lower end, although it is possible that evidence remains over the inner room, which is still thatched. The passage has been blocked by an inserted staircase.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical three-window front. The right-hand part was remodeled in the 19th century, featuring higher eaves and late 19th-century six-pane sash windows. There is a 20th-century gabled glazed porch to the right of the center. The left-hand part of the house retains its thatch, with a wing projecting from the end and a 20th-century brick lean-to built against its inner face. Behind the left-hand end is a one-storey thatched wing.

Inside, the hall has chamfered beams with pyramid stops, and there is a plastered beam in the inner room. All early fireplaces are blocked but likely still exist. On the first floor, there is a 17th-century chamfered wooden doorframe. The part of the house remodeled in the 19th century had its roof completely replaced, but it is possible that an early roof structure survives over the inner room, where heavy purlins are visible, although there is no evidence of a truss on the first floor. The front wing likely preserves its original roof with substantial straight principals.