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Farmhouse of early C18. Brick built with plain tiled roof on slight stone plinth. Central doorway to main range beneath a shallow, pedimented porch. To its left, the brickwork changes from a Flemish bond to English garden wall bond with rows of headers. I interpret this as happening fairly early in the life of the building; since large sideways sliding sash windows occupy the bay. Improved prosperity would have paid for such an upgrade from eg a utility dooray. The dormer at the top is built using Measham gobs, extra-large size bricks produced by Wilkes of Measham in response to an early C18 tax per thousand bricks on new builds. The dentil pattern in the dormer clearly shows the large size of the bricks. All the large winsows have cambered heads. The gabled wing to the left, facing the road, is later, and contains the more commonly seen vertical sliding sash windows. (Photo Dec 2014).