Bigstrup Farmhouse

Bigstrup Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It is timber framed with brick or colourwashed rendered infill. The lower part of the rear or east elevation is made of rubblestone, while the south gable is cement rendered. The west front is clad in modern brick, and the north part of the west front features rubblestone with brick dressings. The roof is covered with old tiles. The building consists of four bays and two storeys, with the roof of the two northern bays tucked under the eaves of the southern bays. The east elevation has a lean-to on the two southern bays and a timber framed one-bay, two-storey rear wing to the north, which includes an 18th-century staircase in the lean-to. The windows are casements. The west front has a brick bay with a door on the left under a gabled hood, flanked by two bays of four-light casements and a three-light casement in the ground floor right bay. The stone bay features two-light casements. The west door is located in front of a large stack made of old thin brick, which serves back-to-back inglenook fireplaces. Inside, there are massive joists and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.