Crafton Farmhouse With Gateway And Stables Attached To West

The farmhouse at Crafton, along with its gateway and attached stables, dates primarily from the late 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations made in the 17th and 19th centuries, and later 19th-century extensions to the rear. The house is timber-framed with brick infill, a 20th-century brick plinth, and an old tile roof. A chimney with grouped, thin brick shafts stands between the left bays, and a similar brick external stack with a finely moulded base is on the right. The house is two storeys high, with blocked openings to the attic, and the left bays have a jettied first floor supported on beam ends. There are three main gabled bays facing the front; the right bay appears to be slightly later and has a ground floor rebuilt in brick. Original 3-light leaded casement windows are on the ground floor, while 20th-century 3-light, barred wooden casement windows are on the first floor. A small gable between the left bays features a moulded brick oval panel with keyblocks and a barred wooden window on the first floor; a sundial previously located below is now missing. A panelled door with a rectangular fanlight is to the right of the second main bay. The gateway to the left has an old tile roof and large double weatherboard doors. Attached to the left of the gateway is a range of 19th-century stables built of brick and weatherboard with steeply pitched tiled roofs. A rear range of brick, likely incorporating earlier elements, forms an L-shape and has later 19th-century additions. Inside, a ground floor room to the left has stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops; a room on the centre of the first floor features a moulded spine beam on brackets dated 1586, although this date is likely not original to the beam itself. An external brick feature is dated JR 162.