Church Farmhouse

Church Farmhouse is a semi-symmetrical, two-storey and attic, single-depth house, likely dating back to the 17th century. The front elevation is rendered with pebbledash, probably over local sandstone rubble, with a stone slate roof. A prominent three-storey gable sits centrally. The main entrance is positioned to the right of the central gable, featuring an original 17th-century four-plank door with strap hinges set within an oak frame, having moulded jambs and a shaped head. This doorway is framed by a Doric porch of uncertain date, likely late 18th century, though showing signs of repair. The porch features hollow timber, unfluted columns, a modillion cornice and a pediment. Flanking the porch are three 18th-century 3-light casement windows, each with three panes, and slight stone dripmoulds. These dripmoulds are characteristic of improvements made by the Pontypool Park Estate under Capel Hanbury Leigh (owner 1795-1861), although this particular style of surround is unique among their properties. The ground floor windows are evenly spaced, but the off-centre doorway creates an unbalanced appearance, with wide sections of blank walling between the windows. The first floor features no window in the left wing, two 3-light casements mirroring those on the ground floor in the central gable, and a 19th-century 2-light casement with 12 panes close under the eaves on the right. The attic has a 2x2 casement with dripmoulds in the central gable and a 2-light garret window in the right-hand gable end. The roof has rebuilt red brick gable end stacks, and the south gable end is blind. The rear wall is largely concealed by two separately built lean-tos; one has a modern door and window, while the other has a 2-light casement.

The interior, only partly inspected, features a central hall space that has been altered, and the original 17th-century staircase has been removed. A straight flight staircase, likely dating from around 1800, now occupies the space. The rooms on either side of the hall retain large, plain, chamfered beams with run-out stops, while the fireplaces have been altered. A previous survey by Fox and Raglan noted a post-and-panel partition, a blocked spiral stair, and doors of three planks, but these were not observed during the most recent inspection. Similarly, the upper floors and the roof, which is supported by three upper cruck trusses, were not inspected. According to the current owner, whose father was the owner at the time of Fox and Raglan's survey, the house has remained largely unchanged, a conclusion supported by the September 2000 inspection.