Chicks Farmhouse With The Attached Front Boundary Railings

Chicks Farmhouse, formerly known as Manor Farmhouse, is a 17th-century farmhouse located on the north side of High Street in West Coker. The building features smooth render with incised false ashlar joints over a Ham stone ashlar plinth and Ham stone dressings. It has a Cornish slate roof with stepped coped gables and double projecting gables at the rear, with the east gable topped by a gabletted finial. The farmhouse has brick end and intermediate chimney stacks and is two stories tall with four bays.

The windows have ovolo moulded mullions, with ground floor windows in stone featuring labels; three of these are three-light windows, while the fourth bay has a two-light window. The upper floor windows are timber and all are two-light, with vertical iron bars. The entrance is located on the east side in a rear extension and is protected by a projecting ashlar stone porch with a flat roof and cambered arched openings on the front and sides.

In front of the house, there are wrought iron railings on a low stone kerb base. The railings have pinched collars and pyramidal points, with columns that brace and feature urn finials. The railings return to the house at both ends, making them an important part of the setting for the farmhouse, which is situated on a narrow road. The alternative name for the farmhouse dates back to around 1873, when a member of the Moore family, who had owned the farmhouse for generations, purchased West Coker Manor.