Hardwicke Farmhouse

Detached farmhouse, dating to the 15th century, with a substantial early 19th-century addition. The original structure is timber framed and now roughly rendered, while the 19th-century addition is brick-built. The roofs are covered in clay plain tiles, and brick chimneys are present. The farmhouse is arranged in an L-shape, with a single-storey, attic-level southwest wing and a two-storey, attic-level northeast addition.

The northeast front of the 19th-century portion features a three-window arrangement with 20th-century casement windows. A central six-panel, part-glazed, fielded door is sheltered by a flat timber porch hood. A segmental-headed casement is located in a service room to the left. The northwest side has a projecting brick chimney on a 19th-century gable, and an earlier timber-framed wing with a central cross-gable and scattered casement windows, mostly 19th-century. Two raking brick buttresses are visible. Attached brick-built pigsties are situated to the far right. The southeast side features a 19th-century gable with a projecting brick chimney, and an attached single-storey service room with a brick gable chimney. The rear of the 19th-century house has an open lean-to shelter. A timber-framed wing extends to the left, again with scattered casement windows and a central cross-gable. A rendered plinth is visible.

The interior of the southwest wing reveals much of the original timber framing, including two intermediate cruck frames, one of which features a visible cambered collar. Hardwicke Farmhouse, along with two associated outbuildings (listed separately), may have been part of the medieval manor house of Rudge.