Northurst Farm

Farmhouse. The building is L-shaped, with a north-east wing dating to the late 16th century and a south-west wing from the early 19th century. The north-east wing is constructed of stone rubble, while the south-west wing is red brick with grey headers in Flemish bond. It has a tiled roof with a pentice on the west side. The north-east wing is two storeys high with two windows. The south-west wing is a late 16th century, three-bay lobby entrance house with an early 19th century range to the south and a 20th-century, one-bay extension to the north. The front elevation of the south wing is red brick with grey headers, while the other elevations are of coursed stone rubble. It has a hipped tiled roof and end brick chimneystacks. The north wing is late 16th century, timber-framed but faced with stone rubble, and is of a lower elevation than the south range. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof with a central, late 16th century panelled brick chimneystack. The east front is faced with stone rubble, with some galleting. A 19th-century tile-hung dormer is on the left side, and a dormer with a pegged architrave and a 20th-century leaded light is on the right side. The ground floor has a 3-light 19th-century casement in a pegged architrave, and a 20th-century inserted casement on the right side. There are two doors at the end, one within a modern extension, both with cambered surrounds. The west front has three gabled dormers with 20th-century leaded light casements. The ground floor has a 3-light cambered casement with leaded lights on the left, a 3-light casement with leaded lights in the centre, and a pentice with a 20th-century half-glazed door flanked by side lights and a 20th-century window with leaded lights to the right. A 1970s stone and brickwork addition with a tiled roof and cambered casements with leaded lights is on the north front. Interior features include a kitchen with a late 16th century chamfered spine beam with run-out stops and a large brick open fireplace with a chamfered wooden bressumer. The lounge has an open fireplace with a cambered bressumer, a seat, and a blocked-in entrance to a bread oven. On the first floor, a massive jowled post is visible, with a curved brace and wide floorboards. A four-panelled door is also present. The roof has been re-rafted but retains some wattle and daub and possible traces of smoke blackening. The south wing has an early 19th-century staircase with stick balusters and a column newel, as well as two spine beams with beaded decoration, dado panelling, and a four-panelled door. The cellar has brick paving and end alcoves.