The Old Farmhouse

The Old Farmhouse is a former farmhouse, now a house, dating to the late 16th century, with further work in the 17th, 18th, early 19th, and 20th centuries. The main structure is timber framing with brick nogging, using an English garden wall bond brick pattern, and has tiled roofs. It comprises a four-bay, one-room-deep, two-storey front, a parallel two-storey rear wing extending over approximately half its length, a single-bay, one-and-a-half-storey extension on the left end, and other 20th-century additions to the rear.

The front elevation features timber framing arranged in three panels high. A mid-20th-century French door is located at the right end, with a matching lintel above. A rectangular bay window has a brick base and a three-light casement with a lean-to roof. A 18th-century four-light casement window has an iron opening light that cuts across a stud; this sits alongside other casements featuring iron opening lights and leaded lights, and paired wooden casements. A late-20th-century gabled brick porch provides access via a boarded door. Above, a late-20th-century four-light casement is set within a lean-to dormer.

The left return elevation has two gables, with the left-hand gable being timber-framed and featuring an angle strut to the wallplate, along with a 20th-century casement window in a lean-to dormer. A brick external stack is positioned off-centre to the right of this gable, with a brick-topped base. To the right, there is a 20th-century two-light casement window and, above, a three-light casement with an iron opening light, angle-braces to the tie-beam, and a collar with angled queen struts. The right-hand gable is built of brick, with a 19th-century four-light window under a cambered brick arch, and a three-light casement positioned above. A stump of a brick chimney extends from the eaves on the right.

The interior includes an entrance hall that has been partly opened to the floor above. Wide chamfered ceiling beams are visible on the ground floor across the entrance hall and the right half of the house. A large fireplace with a timber lintel is located at the right end. The roof structure features tie-beam trusses with collars and angled queen struts, with one pair of purlins laid flat and straight braces at one end of each bay. The house is said to have previously been converted into three cottages and was later reconverted into a single dwelling. It forms a group with a barn and with Elfstone Hollow, located opposite.