Twyning Farm Including Walled Garden And Dairy

This is a detached farmhouse, originally built in the early 18th century, with later 18th and 19th century additions and a walled garden and dairy. The farmhouse is constructed of brick, with a red tile roof and brick stacks. The main rectangular section has a slightly later extension to the right gable, connected by a wall to the dairy building. A further extension runs parallel to the main body at the rear. The walled garden is enclosed by a high brick wall.

The main farmhouse is two storeys and has an attic. The front (garden front) has three bays, with two 16-pane sash windows on the first floor, each with a gauged brick head and fluted keystone. The ground floor has two tripartite 2-pane sash windows flanking a central 6-panel door, the upper four panels now glazed. Above the door is a fanlight set under an open triangular pediment supported by engaged Doric columns. A band runs between the floors, and a limestone modillion cornice sits below a deep parapet.

A rear extension is parallel to the main body and has sash windows within segmental-headed surrounds, along with 2 and 3-light casements. A 19th-century six-panelled door is set up five stone steps, with a painted-over fanlight and a projecting, shallow gabled canopy supported on corbels. A band runs between the ground and first floors of the bay to the right of the door, featuring a wooden modillion cornice. Brick dentils are visible on the bay to the left of the central entrance bay.

The farmhouse has axial and projecting stacks, including a pair of diagonal stacks. The interior of the house has not been inspected.

The dairy building, dating to the 18th century and constructed of brick (roof absent at the time of resurvey in April 1986), links to the main farmhouse via a wall. It has a rectangular plan and a cellar. It has a band between floors. The wall facing the lane has a segmental-headed window to the ground floor with a 3-light wood casement above. Remnants of an extension, possibly containing an oven, are at the east gable end. Steps lead down to the cellar at the opposite end and a plank pitching door provides access. The interior contains original slate slabs on brick supports, one shallow slate trough, possibly for salting.

The walled garden has a wall approximately 2 metres in height, which ramps downwards in front of the house and has a cast-iron railing. The wall has triangular brick coping.