Ley Farmhouse

Ley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building constructed of brick that encloses a cruck-framed structure, finished with paint and topped with a concrete tile roof. The farmhouse consists of three bays, featuring a central living room that connects to a kitchen in the eastern end bay, and a parlour situated behind an axial stack. The living room and parlour have canted bay windows, which are linked by a continuous roof over the doorway, while the kitchen includes a bow window. The southern side has two dormers, and the front has three, which are planned to be replaced with smaller gabled dormers. The northern front features a lean-to that was formerly a dairy, along with a modern glazed porch that serves as the main entrance door from the 20th century. A gable stack is present, and there is an incomplete brick extension from January 1998, which is intended to have a slated pitched roof. On the southern side, there is a door opposite the stack, and the southeast corner has cut stone quoins.

Inside, two major cruck trusses remain, one of which was originally open and features ogee-shaped blades that spring from a low-level sill, with knee braces supporting the collar. The apex is butted vertically. The hall was floored over in the 17th century, and the cross ceiling beam is chamfered with bold ogee stops, which are also present on the minor joists. It is likely that the roof was raised at the same time to create an attic storey, as indicated by a rafter on the back of the blades that reduces the roof pitch and supports the raised trenched purlins. There is a chamfered cross beam in the parlour end. The western gable end features square panel framing above a high stone sill wall, with infill below the sharply elbowed end cruck couple. Mortices for windbraces are visible, although the braces were removed when the roof was raised. The axial stack includes a high-set fire lintel.