Alkerton Farmhouse

Alkerton Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed farmhouse, originally designed as a three-bay hall house, dating from the mid to late 16th century. It features a south wing that likely dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. The building is constructed with square-panel timber framing, with brick and plaster infill on a brick and stone plinth, and downward braces crossing the horizontal rails. The rear wing is primarily brick, with most of the east side partially rebuilt during the 20th century. The roof is covered with double Roman tiles and has an ashlar ridge flue leading to a large inserted stone stack.

The main range consists of two storeys and an attic, and it was probably originally a three-bay hall with a sleeping chamber that is now a passage to the south. To the north is a jettied cross wing that contains a parlour and service area, with a small stair located behind the inserted stone stack. There is also a slightly later garderobe on the first floor, featuring a brick and stone base with a timber-framed upper floor accessed by very narrow doors from both upper rooms. An additional two-storey cross wing to the south originally housed a dairy with cheese rooms above.

The farmhouse has scattered fenestration, including several original glazed two-light wood mullions in the cross wing. The west side features an early 19th-century lattice timber porch at the angle next to the cross wing, which may have been the original entrance. This porch has an inserted three-light casement window in the center and a later timber porch and door to the right. The brick wing includes cambered head two-light casements and a plank door with a loft door above on the west gable end.

Inside, the farmhouse retains a chamfered compartmented ceiling on the ground floor. The large stack has been partially bricked up internally, and small three-centred arched doorways lead off the stair behind the stack to the upper floor rooms in the cross wing. The interior is generally unspoilt, preserving all original beams, floorboards, and some doors.