Perris

Perris is a farmhouse that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates from the late medieval period, with a ceiling added in the 16th century, and it was largely refenestrated and enlarged in the late 20th century. Originally said to be timber framed, it has been replaced with rendered random rubble masonry that is partially roughcast, sitting on a rubble plinth, with squared and coursed blue lias in the rebuilt west gable end. The building features a steeply pitched clay tile roof, a rebuilt stone stack on the right gable end, and a brick left gable end adjacent to the cross passage.

The layout is thought to be that of a single-ended open hall house, with a buttery and pantry located to the right of the cross passage. It was enlarged to include one room to the east during the late medieval period, and the hall was ceiled with a southeast addition that was subsequently rebuilt. The house is one and a half storeys high, with three bays and gabled dormers that rise from the eaves. To the left of the entrance is an early 19th-century leaded iron casement window with quadrant stays, while the ground floor has three windows to the left and three to the right, including a small three-light octagonal mullioned casement in the center. There is a rustic wooden porch with a gabled clay tiled roof and a 20th-century door.

The interior has not been seen, but it is said to contain remains of a smoke-blackened jointed cruck truss roof with some wind bracing, and wattle and daub partitions in the upper storey. It features a chamfered peaked door frame, a stud and panel screen to the right of the cross passage, one blocked doorway, and another chamfered peaked door frame. There is reset 16th and 17th-century panelling to the left, along with another peaked door frame. The ceilings include a six-panel compartment ceiling and a four-panel ceiling in the west end room, all with steeply chamfered beams and chamfered lintels and jambs at the fireplaces. The building is noted for its outstanding interest, as it provides significant evidence of solid walls replacing timber frames in farmhouses.