Aller Court Farmhouse

Aller Court Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse that primarily dates from the 17th century and 19th century, with later extensions. It is constructed from local lias stone, with some parts rendered, and features a double Roman clay tiled roof with stepped coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has a 'T' plan and stands two storeys high with an attic. The north wing, which is the 17th-century portion, has a two-bay west elevation. It includes three-light hollow chamfer mullioned windows set in recesses, with rectangular leaded panes, iron framed opening lights, internal vertical iron bars, and no labels. Between the bays, there is a 20th-century boarded door and frame accessed by eight steps, under a timber hood. The east elevation has 20th-century windows.

The main wing is taller and features a clay pantiled roof, plain gables, and bracketed eaves. This section, mostly built in 1812, has three storeys and a three-bay south elevation. It contains three-light plain chamfer mullioned windows without labels, which are relatively long, all fitted with modern casements. The second bay is blank at the second floor, while the first floor has a semi-circular arched window with a through mullion, and a pair of 19th-century doors in a rendered and tiled porch, accessed by nine steps. There is an unexplained projection on the west gable, possibly a curing chamber, and below it is a single-storey extension that has been converted into a separate house, which is not of special interest. The property was described in 1633 as an ancient castle-like house, highly seated in a low place, and the core appears to survive, although much rebuilding was carried out by Sir J. P Acland in 1812, as noted in the Victoria County History, Volume III, published in 1974.