Brentlands Farmhouse With Railings And Piers

Brentlands Farmhouse is a large detached farmhouse, dating to the early 17th century, with a later 17th-century wing. It was altered in the late 18th century and extended and altered in the 19th century. The farmhouse is timber-framed on a limestone plinth; parts have been re-faced in coursed and squared limestone, and much of the timber frame has been rendered over. It has a stone slate roof with clay plain tiles to the reverse slopes, and stone chimneys which are rendered over.

The farmhouse comprises a 2-room, 2-storey main range, a cross wing of 2 storeys and an attic, and a further 2-storey cross-wing at the north end. A 2-storey porch was added to the front. The west elevation displays small framing to the main range and a projecting gabled cross wing, with the framing visible on the side elevation as it was brought forward. A 19th-century stone facade returns to the gable end. Fenestration is scattered, with mostly 18th-century casements. A small 12-pane sash window is in the attic with a moulded architrave in the rendered gable. One small original window with timber diamond mullions is present on the side of the left wing. A small area of wattle and daub survives above. The main range has altered fenestration and a 20th-century projecting hipped roofed stair turret built out at upper floor level. One original leaded casement is on the ground floor, with a blocked doorway to the right, now with a 19th or 20th-century casement. The left wing is an early 19th-century single-storey dairy, later increased to 2 storeys. It has a brick gable end chimney and cambered-arched timber casements on the north-east elevation. The south elevation, formerly rendered, is now exposed stonework with a 2-window fenestration, including a 16-pane sash window over the altered glazed doorway. The east front features a 19th-century brick 2-storey gabled porch with a 6-panel door and a 19th-century sash above. A central rendered ridge chimney stack has a moulded stone cap. The cross wing’s gable end to the left of the porch has single-window fenestration with sashes to the ground and upper floors, and a small 16-pane attic sash above. Two-window sash fenestration is to the right of the porch, with the elevation stepping back to indicate a 19th-century addition; the roof is hipped in the east corner.

The interior has been altered in the 20th century, but the central stone chimney stack and most of the timber framing remain intact. 19th-century iron railings and square ashlar piers run along the road frontage.