Aller Farmhouse

Aller Farmhouse is a manor house that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates from the late medieval period and was enlarged in the late 16th to early 17th century, with restoration occurring in the mid to late 20th century. The building is rendered over rubble and features plain clay tiled roofs, with a higher independently roofed block at the east end and a double Roman tiled wing at the rear. There is an external stone stack with a projection at the rear left gable end, a large lateral stack to the right of the porch with a stone cap that has been renewed in brick, and a stone stack at the right gable end.

The layout includes an open hall with a solar above and services at the west end. It was soon after enlarged with a room at the east end, which was ceiled in the late 16th to early 17th century, and a northwest wing was added. The farmhouse has two storeys and features a symmetrical arrangement of bays: 1:1:1:2. All windows are 20th-century casements. The roof projects as a catslide over the stair turret end bay on the right, which has a 2-light window. There is a similar window to the right, a full-height gabled porch that is unlit on the upper storey, and a 2-light casement to the right of the lateral stack. Beyond this, there are two windows in slightly projecting bays, a ground floor 3-light casement in the second bay on the left, a similar window to the right of the lateral stack, and 4-light windows in the projecting bays. The porch features a depressed Tudor arch opening and a large moulded peaked inner doorframe with a studded plank door.

On the rear elevation, there is an 18th-century raised fielded and panelled door with inset lights leading to the cross passage. Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to contain a moulded half bear on the west side of the cross passage partition with a peaked door frame. The west end room to the left has chamfered beams with step and run-out stops, and there is a stair bay projection on the south wall. The bressummer beam above the fireplace has a peaked head cut, and there is evidence suggesting a very large bacon curing chamber or corn drying kiln that is blocked. The east end room features a fine 4-panel compartment ceiling with moulded beams and a moulded lintel to the window on the south front. Above the hall, there are two true cruck trusses that are arched braced with yoked apices, one tier of wind braces, and a moulded arch braced truss in the east room.