Redcastle

Redcastle is a detached farmhouse that dates from the 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries. It features square-panelled timber framing with bracing and unpainted brick infill, topped with a red tile roof and brick stacks. The main structure is L-shaped, with a gable-end that projects forward on the left side. There is an 18th-century single bay extension on the right gable-end. A 20th-century weatherboarded garage and part-glazed door at the right gable end are not of special interest.

The main body of the farmhouse has two storeys and an attic, which is lit by garret lights. Most of the windows are 20th-century two-light steel casements with glazing bars. However, there is a two-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned window in the right-hand wall of the wing to the left. A 20th-century plank door is located in the left-hand wall towards the rear, within a 20th-century open-sided timber-framed porch. Above this door, there is a four-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned window with a transom. The first floor of the front and rear walls of the right-hand wing slightly jetties out and has one and a half storeys. The 18th-century extension is lit by a two-light casement with glazing bars and a gauged brick head. A band at the rear of the extension continues around the gable end. There is also a 20th-century timber-framed porch at the rear of the 18th-century extension.

The farmhouse features a lateral stack from the right-hand wall of the forward-facing gable and a triple stack at the former right gable-end of the main body, which has sawtooth brickwork that gives the upper part of the stacks a star-like appearance. It is alleged that this site was the headquarters of Queen Margaret of Anjou before the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. The farmhouse is reputed to contain original 17th-century features, although the interior has not been inspected.