Nelfields Farmhouse

Nelfields Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the 17th century, with features from the late 18th century. It is constructed with Flemish bond brickwork on a stone plinth and has a coursed, squared stone gable, topped with a tiled roof. The building has an irregular 'L' shape and a three-window front, comprising two and three storeys.

The entrance front has two bays, with the left side being two storeys and the right side set back to three storeys, both under a continuous roof. On the left, there is a three-light timber mullion and transom window with an iron opening casement, a projecting stone sill, and a flat head with a brick-on-edge lintel. To the right, there is a boarded front door with a glass pane in the upper half, framed in heavy timber and featuring a flat head like the window. Set back on the right, there is a similar but wider window.

On the first floor, there are three three-light mullioned windows, which are the same size as those on the ground floor. The second floor features a set-back two-light mullioned window, similar to those below but with iron bars inside. The eaves are cogged.

The left return of the building steps out twice and has a three-light mullioned window on the second floor, which is shuttered internally, with iron bars on the outer lights and leaded-lights in the centre. There is a plain chimney on the ridge and another plain chimney projecting from the main building on the right return.

At the rear, behind the side wall of a two-storey wing, there is one window per floor, with an arch leading to a cellar opening below. The earlier brickwork extends partway up the first floor in English garden wall bond, with later brickwork above. The end of the stone gable on the right is 600 mm thick and shows the line of an earlier, steeper roof, indicating that the eaves were raised. This stone gable likely remains from a timber-framed house that was rebuilt or enlarged in two stages, with the eaves of the rear wing raised as a third stage. The interior has not been inspected.