Freams Farmhouse

Freams Farmhouse is a farmhouse with an attached stable, dating to 1676, with a later addition around 1690 and alterations in the early 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble and ashlar limestone, with rebuilt chimneys of ashlar, brick, and concrete block, and a stone slate roof. The building consists of a lower two-storey range to the north east, largely rebuilt around 1820, and a taller, cross-gabled two-storey addition to the right. The north east side features a doorway with a stone lintel dated 'W F / 1676', above a 6-panel door and a porch with a tent hood. There is a blocked 3-light chamfered mullioned window to the left of the doorway, and scattered fenestration including a two-light casement with a hoodmould to the right. Upper floor timber casements with timber lintels are also present. The taller addition has 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements with hoods on the ground and upper floors, with a ground floor hoodmould extending over a blocked doorway and a two-light casement, possibly reduced from three-light. A 3-light cellar casement is partially blocked. An attic has a 2-light window in the gable, with an oval window above. The main ground floor casement has had its sill lowered in the 19th century. A rebuilt chimney sits on the gable end of the gabled range, and a small ridge-mounted timber bellcote is also present. On the south west side, the gable of the c.1690 addition has a single window. The stable range projects forward and has a gabled loft doorway to the north west and two doorways with stone lintels and plank doors to the south east. An external corridor addition with a lean-to roof is present on the earlier part of the house, along with upper floor timber windows with iron casements and timber lintels. A projecting oven house has a cut-down gable-mounted chimney. The south east end was rebuilt around 1820 and features a canted bay window and a small Venetian window above with a Regency tent hood, beneath a hipped roof. The interior has Regency fittings and doorways on the south east end. The house was originally built for the Fream family, and ‘W F’ likely represents William Fream.