Shakespeare Farmhouse

Shakespeare Farmhouse is a house that dates from the late 16th century and 17th century, with some alterations. The tall cross wing on the left features a timber frame with diagonal braces and thin brick infill, along with a plinth. The lower range to the right has thin brick on the ground floor and 18th-century chequer brick above, topped with old tile roofs. The building has a crow-stepped gable and a rebuilt chimney with two diagonal shafts on the right. The main chimney, located between the left bays, is made of thin brick with shafts arranged in a cross pattern on a modillion base.

The house is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and consists of four bays. It features old leaded casements, with the gabled bay on the left having cross casements on the main floors and an oval window with paired casements in the attic. The right range includes four-light casements with transoms in the outer bays on the ground floor, three-light casements above, and a four-light casement in the centre of the first floor. There are three hipped attic dormers with paired casements, and all attic windows and the central first-floor window have intermediate diamond mullions. The central entrance door is a board door with a rectangular fanlight above it.

At the rear of the right range, there is an outshot and a single-storey 19th-century extension that runs at right angles to the rear centre. The left bay's rear features a two-storey lean-to porch projection with a 16th- to 17th-century board door in a moulded frame.

Inside, the main stack has fireplaces made of thin brick with three-centred arches. The fireplace in the ground floor left bay is moulded and colourwashed, while the one above and in the second bay's ground floor has chamfered arches. There is a 16th- to 17th-century dog-leg staircase with a moulded handrail, chamfered square newel posts with acorn finials, and shaped splat balusters on the upper flights. The ground floor of the left bay features two moulded and stopped spine beams, as well as a painted wall panel. The ground floor room in the second bay has stop-chamfered cross beams, along with some old glass and window catches.