The Village Farmhouse

The Village Farmhouse is a house dating back to the 16th century, with significant alterations and additions in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is a T-plan building, featuring a gabled wing from the 16th century projecting forward to the right of the main entrance, running east to west. The construction is primarily of squared coursed ironstone and coursed rubble, with part of the upper floor timber-framed and rendered. The south wing is a 17th-century extension of coursed ironstone rubble, while a 19th-century extension to the north is built of blue and red chequer brick. All sections have artificial stone slate roofs, with brick and rendered stacks.

The entrance to the south wing is in the right bay and features a re-used 17th-century four-centred stone arch with a 20th-century plank door. There's a three-light transomed casement window with a wood lintel to the left, and a two-light casement window with a wood lintel in the left bay. The first floor has a three-light casement window with a wood lintel and a similar two-light window to the left. A cornice has been rebuilt in brick. The left gable end has a coped gable.

The cross wing displays timber framing in the angle adjoining the south wing, with part of a diagonal brace visible on the first floor. It has a 17th-century one-light stone-framed window to the ground floor and a 20th-century three-light casement window to the first floor. The gable end features a window with a moulded stone frame, a square hood, and a three-light casement on the ground floor. The first floor has a casement window with a rendered frame, and the attic contains a four-pane window within a moulded frame. The 19th-century extension to the north has a three-light casement window in a flat-arched brick frame.

The rear of the cross wing has a four-light casement window in a 17th-century moulded stone frame to the ground floor, a two-light casement window in a rendered frame to the first floor and a gabled attic dormer. The south wing has a re-used 17th-century stone doorway with a four-centred arch, now blocked with a 20th-century window. A 17th-century stone-framed one-light window, also re-used, is on the left.

Inside, a ground-floor room has a spine beam with ogee chamfer stops and a sandstone fireplace with a four-centred moulded arch. Other ground-floor rooms have stop-chamfered spine beams and joists. The cross wing retains much of its original roof structure, including main rafters in a scissor truss at the apex. Timber framing with brick infill is exposed internally.