Farmhouse. C16. Remodelled C18. C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed and brick, with brick nogging. (1)

Old Farmhouse is a timber-framed, Grade II listed building believed originally to have been constructed during the sixteenth century. However, when dendrochronology was conducted at the property as part of the Norwell tree-ring dating scheme in 2010, the earliest known timbers related to the original building of Old Farmhouse were dated to a felling range between 1337 and 1362. (2)
The enclosure award (1832) for Norwell revealed that Old Farmhouse sat on a plot of land that had been bought by Thomas Bomford Junior who had purchased the land from a residuary legatee of Overhall prebendal manor, William Hornigold Green. This evidence suggests that the house may have historically formed part of the estates of Overhall Prebendary, the richest of the three in Norwell. (2)
Phase 1 (1337-1362): Old Farmhouse was originally a timber-framed building of three and
possibly four bays. Only two bays remain and these indicate that this part of the building measured 7.16 m long and 5.44 m wide. It is believed that the existing two bays represent the open-hall section of a medieval house, evidence for this is the smoke blackening on the original roof rafters, which are still in place. Phase 2 (1550): Old Farmhouse was converted to a two-storey building with the insertion of an axial spine-beam to support the first floor. Phase 3 (eighteenth century): A two-storey extension was built to the south of the original two-bay building that currently stands. Phase 4 (nineteenth century): A further extension was added. A carpenter’s mark was visible on the eastern end of the tie-beam, close to where the mortice is located for the missing arched brace. (2)

Listed buildings slides, 6 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<2> Ruth Victoria Patrick MA, 2019, How Far do Rural, Vernacular, Medieval Timber-Framed Buildings in the Central Trent Valley conform to the English Vernacular Building Tradition? (Unpublished document). SNT5328.