Coote's Farmhouse (EHER 29540)

House originally a farmhouse built in the second half of 16th century, with later extensive additions. It has since been converted into two tenements.

NRHE data transfer: Cootes Farm [NAT]. <1> Cootes Farmhouse. House, 16th century, extended in the 18th and 19th century. (RCHM 30) Grade II. <2> Cootes Farm, house, now two tenements, 1 mile south-east of the church, was built in the second half of the 16th century on an irregular T-shaped plan, with the cross-wing at the north end, but there are extensive modern additions on the east, west, and south. On the east front the original cross-wing has a projecting gable with a turned pendent, and barge-boards carved with a running vine-ornament; the bressummer of the gable is carved with running foliage, and has under it, a carved depressed arch; the upper storey also projects and has a moulded bressummer carved with vine-ornament. In the longer wing, at the north end, the upper storey projects on two carved brackets. The original central chimney-stack has grouped diagonal shafts. Inside the building are shaped wall-posts, and north of the central chimney-stack is an original moulded ceiling-beam. <3> See: <4>