They say that if you can see the Malvern Hills, then it’s about to rain, and if you can’t, then it is raining! Well, I could see the Hills and it was not raining, but the half timbered farmhouse that I saw today was a bit ‘gloomy’. It was not falling down, but it is in need of fairly extensive upgrading and re-modelling. One of the chimneys had a good lean to it. It was built that way, “…because, that’s how we build ‘em round ‘ere…” Oh yes! The other was an inglenook, but each can stay as they are. The roofs were all in reasonable condition, but I could not see the original rafters, much as I would have liked as they were in-accessible. Replacement windows were, I suppose ok. The main walls are thin because they are timber framed, but at some stage the base of the original had been taken out and it had been re-built with a slate damp proof course. The house had been extended, probably in the 1970’s, or a bit later and that area was in reasonable condition. It comes with numerous outbuildings, so, if it rains and the rain gets in, my Client can shelter in any one of them…   more »