Beer Farmhouse

Beer Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates back to the 15th century, was ceiled in the 16th century, altered in the 17th century, and extended to the west possibly in the 18th century. The building underwent further alterations in the mid to late 20th century. It is constructed of random rubble local stone, with some parts rendered, and features a concrete tile roof. The tall stone stacks at the gable ends have been rebuilt, with the west stack being external and a lateral stack located to the left of the entrance.

The farmhouse faces south and is set into a hillside. It has an open hall that may have originally been divided into two cells and a cross passage. The service end has been later divided into two rooms and subsequently extended by one bay to the west. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays on the front and two bays on the right return, with late 19th and 20th century two and three-light casement windows. The ground floor on the left end is partially obscured by a single-storey bakehouse addition, with the entrance located to the right of the lateral stack, featuring an elm boarded pentice porch and a 20th-century glazed door.

Inside, there is a nine-panel moulded compartment ceiling in the hall, a chamfered lintel above the lateral stack, and remnants of a 16th-century fitted bench on the east wall. A peaked doorframe leads to the remains of a stone stair turret on the north wall, with a later stair turret adjoining it that has a lancet window and an early 18th-century dog-gate with turned balusters, likely made from reused woodwork. The cross passage features renewed stud and screen, and there is a depressed four-centred arch head ovolo moulded door frame leading to the rear extension. The upper floor has two depressed four-centred arch doorframes. The building also retains the remains of a jointed cruck truss roof and is unusual for having a cellar beneath the kitchen. When it was originally listed, the building had a thatched roof.