Greenslade House

Greenslade House is a farmhouse, probably with a medieval core, that was altered and possibly extended during the 17th and 18th centuries. The walls are rendered cob, and the roof is thatched, hipped in form. It has two axial stacks with brick shafts on stone bases.

The original plan was likely a three-room layout with a through passage, with the lower end on the right. This lower end may have initially had an open hall with a central stack inserted backing onto the passage, and another at the lower end of the inner room. The lower end remained unheated, but may have been extended. A wing was added to the front of the inner room, potentially serving an inferior or non-domestic function; the end room of this wing was used as a stable with a granary or store above. In the late 18th century, the rear of the house was reconfigured to become the front elevation.

The two-storey elevation facing the farmyard is asymmetrical, with two windows and a wing projecting from the left end. There are 1 and 2-light 19th-century leaded pane casements on the ground floor to the left. A 20th-century open-fronted porch with a plank door and a small 20th-century window above is centrally positioned. Towards the left-hand end is a small thatched gablet, which likely had a window below. The wing has a doorway at the inner corner, with stone steps leading to a first-floor door to the left. To the left of that on the ground floor is a 17th-century plank door. The front elevation has a long, asymmetrical five-window facade, with a gable over the right-hand end. The windows are late 18th-century casements of 2, 3 and 4 lights, some with leaded panes. Above the passage doorway is a 17th-century three-light ovolo-moulded wooden mullion window.

Limited access to the interior revealed heavy ceiling beams and an open fireplace in the inner room. The roof timbers are believed to be early. The house has largely escaped 20th-century modernisation and likely contains a number of early internal features while retaining a traditional exterior.