Glebe Farmhouse

The hall and solar ranges meet as a T; the latter has a later extension west which then adjoins farm buildings, the grouping enclosing a sunken domestic yard. This yard is segregated from the farm access road by a retaining wall and steps. The north/south hall range is of stone, rendered and whitened, with slate roof and tile ridge; in the elevation facing the road there are four windows above and three windows plus two doors below, all modern frames. Small mid-chimney, large end-chimney at north gable with the exterior projections of two bread ovens. The east/west former solar range has higher eaves; rendered, whitened except to the south. All fenestration modernised. At the centre of the south elevation is a large chimney standing on three moulded corbels at first floor level, reducing in size slightly at eaves level, and changing from square to octagonal shape about a metre above eaves; the octagonal part is about three metres tall. Roughly repaired at top and carrying a modern chimneypot.

The original five-bay roof structure of the hall range is smoke-blackened. This is a remarkable mediaeval survival with cambered and chamfered high collars and decorative carved features on the exposed ends of the principals. The internal hood of the mediaeval solar fireplace in the south wall also survives, with a bressummer on two billet corbels with a small candle-shelf each side. A mediaeval stone staircase in an outshut on the west side links the former solar to the end of the former hall. The stairs enclosure has stone archways and a stone ceiling parallel to the plane of the stairs.