Middle Lypiatt Farmhouse

Middle Lypiatt Farmhouse is a large, detached house dating from the mid to late 16th century with a mid-17th century addition and a 20th-century addition. It is constructed of random and coursed thin-bedded rubble limestone, with some areas roughly rendered, and has ashlar chimneys and a stone slate roof. The house is two storeys with a cellar and attic, and has two small wing additions on the south-east side.

The north-west side features slightly projecting, parapet-gabled wings at each end, with a full central gable, each topped with a cross-roll saddle. The fenestration is single-window to each end gable, and two windows to the central part of the elevation. The ground floor has four-light casements, each with a central king mullion, three with lowered sills; the upper floor has three-light windows, and the gables have two-light windows, all recessed cavetto mullioned with hoodmoulds. Some attic casements retain lead latticing and original glass. Blocked single-light casements are located to the side of the right wing. The ridge has two chimneys with moulded caps. The south-west end has a parapet gable with a cross-roll saddle and similar single-window fenestration.

The south-east side has two-window fenestration to the central part of the elevation, with a blocked doorway and continuous drip moulding below. A projecting, parapet-gabled mid-17th century addition to the right has a single-window fenestration with a three-light window to the ground and upper floor, and a two-light window to the attic. All these windows are recessed, chamfered mullioned with hoodmoulds. A lean-to outbuilding with very large dressed stone is adjoining this wing. A 20th-century gabled entrance hall addition to the left end of the elevation has a central doorway with a pedimented stone porch hood on shaped brackets, flanking single-light casements, and a three-light window above. The north-east end has a large projecting chimney with an ashlar shaft and moulded cap, and a single-storey outbuilding links with the north-west gable end of Garden Cottage.

Inside, there is a good early 18th-century panelled room with fluted pilasters and a moulded timber cornice. A large stone fireplace, a niche with a shell hood, and a very large hall fireplace with a Tudor arch are noteworthy features. A more elaborate stone fireplace on the upper floor has a moulded opening with lozenge-decorated stops and a classical frieze with lozenge and rosette decoration. The cellar may contain some masonry from a preceding medieval house. This early example of a Cotswold house retains a medieval plan, with a central hall now subdivided. It forms a group with Garden Cottage and barn.