Old Farmhouse

Old Farmhouse is a former farmhouse that has been converted into a house, dating from the late 15th to early 16th century. It features close-studded timber framing with tension bracing on a plinth made of both rubble and ashlar, while the rear is constructed of 18th-century brick. The roof is covered with stone slates and has ashlar stacks. The building has an 'H'-shaped plan, indicating an original central hall with projecting service and parlour wings, and includes a later extension at the east end.

The front of the house displays exposed timber framing, with timber-framed gables that project forward on both the right and left sides. The far left gable end is made of stone from the extension. On the ground floor, there are two 19th-century two-light casements with leaded panes and two 20th-century casements, one being two-light and the other a single light. The first floor features a small 18th to early 19th-century casement and three 20th-century two-light casements, all with leaded panes. An early studded plank door, which has been restored at the bottom, is located immediately to the right of the left-hand gable and has strap hinges and a thumb latch. There is a small extension at the rear of the left-hand cross wing, and the rear of the main body has 20th-century steel casements with leaded panes. A large projecting stack is found at the right gable end.

Inside, there is a through passage leading to a central room that may have originally served as a small hall, which is open to the roof with a first floor added later. This room features a reused wide moulded spine beam with a large square boss decorated with foliate designs, reputed to have come from Hailes Abbey. The end of the beam rests within the chimney breast of an open fireplace that has a bressumer beam. The adjoining room likely served as the parlour and contains an early dressed stone fireplace. The beams in this room have jewelled stops. There is an early plank door with a thumb latch leading from the through passage to the kitchen at the opposite end, and the flooring is flagged. The roof has cambered tie-beams with curved wind bracing.