Nightingale Farmhouse

Nightingale Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse with medieval origins, primarily dating from the 17th century, and modified in the 19th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that is cut and squared, topped with a thatched roof featuring plain gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and consists of four bays, with extensions at the south end. The windows are timber casements, with three-light bays in the first and second bays, the lower one having timber lintels. The third bay contains small windows in a blocked doorway below and a small two-light leaded casement above, while the fourth bay has a 12-pane sash window below and a small two-light casement above. The extension, which has two bays and is set lower, features a four-pane sash window in a brick surround in the first bay, with the rest concealed by a further lean-to extension that has a clay pantiled roof running beneath the thatch. The interior has not been seen but is reported to have little of note except for a jointed cruck in bay four. The farmhouse was first mentioned in the early 14th century and was known as Beer Court Farm in 1747, being part of the manor of Beer next Aller.