Old Place Farmhouse

Old Place Farmhouse is a manor house, now a farmhouse, dating to the 17th century, with alterations and additions in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and minor 20th-century changes. The building is constructed of mixed walling materials with a tile roof. It is a structure of multiple phases, showing substantial alterations over time. Massive joists and timber framing at each floor level suggest that it was originally framed, at least in its upper part, but the lower walls are primarily of ashlar construction from the early 17th century. Refacing occurred in the 18th and early 19th centuries, indicating changes to the window arrangement. The house is now L-shaped.

The north elevation has two storeys and a basement, with four windows above and two below. The lower half of the ground-floor wall features fine stonework from large blocks, with a plinth and Jacobean mullioned windows to the cellar. The upper walls are of brickwork in Flemish bond with flat and cambered arches, a first-floor band, and a section of early 19th-century refacing. There are indications of a regular arrangement of six windows per floor, with eight former lights now filled, two with coursed flintwork. Four upper early 19th-century sash windows are in exposed frames, one is a 20th-century casement, and there is an early 19th-century French window. A doorway from the 18th century has a solid frame enclosing a coupled fanlight, and a Victorian four-panelled door.

The east elevation follows a similar pattern to the north elevation with alterations. The north side of the east elevation, ending in a gable, has changes including stone and brick quoins, flint and malmstone walls, that are difficult to interpret. It features three upper sash windows, one 20th-century casement, and a large, half-octagonal bay made of flint and brick, with side sashes and a later central chimney. There are two doorways, the older with a six-panelled door.

In the angle of the L-shape, the roof descends to lower eaves on an outshot with modern details. The south gable has a large stack of coursed flint with brick dressings, with the date 1742 picked out in flintwork.

The interior includes timber framing and sections of ashlar external walling. There is a large cellar with mullioned windows and massive beams which show that the house was always important, as evidenced by their height above floor level. Extending from the northwest corner is a fragment of thick flint walling with the remains of ashlar facing.