Whitehall Farmhouse

Whitehall Farmhouse is a farmhouse, likely dating from the late 16th century, with later alterations and extensions. It was later divided into two dwellings. The original building was enlarged and refenestrated in the 16th century, with further additions and raising of the roof in the 19th century. In the 20th century, the south gable end and parts of the north-east facade were refenestrated.

The farmhouse is built of rendered rubble with a Bridgwater patent tile roof which is half-hipped on the right gable end, featuring overhanging eaves. An external stone stack is present on the left gable end, and smaller stacks are located to the left of the cross passage and at the original gable end. The original plan comprised three cells and a cross passage, with outshots extended to the rear. A stair turret is found in the south-west corner of the projecting penultimate bay.

The two-storey facade is irregular, divided into two, one, two, and two bays. The wall to the right of the cross passage breaks forward. A 3-light window is located on the first floor to the left, and a shallow, independently-roofed projection accommodates a 3-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion window with a hoodmould above the entrance. A matching window with a 2-light window at mezzanine level is on the right of the projection. The addition at the end bay to the right follows the main line of the walls. A C20 French window and a 2-light window are on the ground floor to the left, and a 6-pane window is in the projection to the left of the entrance, followed by a 4-light mullioned window. A semi-circular, hooded porch shelters a wide doorframe and an old, half-glazed inner door.

The right return features a two-storey, 2:1:1 bay arrangement, with an outshot set back to the right, exhibiting C20 fenestration and a door in the second bay. The left return reveals wooden lintels of blocked openings flanking the external stack, and shows the butt-joint of the outshot addition.

Inside, the original through passage has been blocked. A hall, located to the left of the cross passage, features a 6-panel moulded compartment ceiling intersected by an inserted corridor. The stair is set against the rear wall, with a shallow bay on the front wall supported by columns. A 4-panel compartment ceiling and boxed beams are also present, with an additional beam spanning the width of the room above a modern grate. The lower end of the house contains chamfered, beaded timbers with step and run-out stops. A later 19th-century grate and match-boarded stair turret are also visible. The facade of the lower end was rebuilt when the stair turret was added. A shallow projection on the hall front may be the remains of another stair, but its position is unusual.