 The importance of farming is reflected in the age of many of the farmhouses . Manor Farm , on Scot Lane ( not to be confused with at least two other Manor Farms in the locality ) is thought to date from 1495 and , as such , is probably the oldest building in the village . Presently ( 2007 ) occupied by Mr and Mrs Slater ; the building has recently ( 2002 ) undergone a sympathetic extension to incorporate an old semi @-@ derelict barn onto the main house for use as a garage and workshop . Mr Slater , a Chartered Engineer , is interested in bringing the art of clock making back to the village . Rookery Farmhouse , in Breach Hill Lane , is dated at 1720 , with later 18th century additions to either side of the central rear wing . An attached stable , 20 feet ( 6 m ) northeast of the farmhouse , is also a Grade II listed building . School Farmhouse , in School Lane , dates from the late 17th century and has a studded oak door in the side of the house . Wallis Farmhouse , farther along School Lane , is dated at 1782 . Yew Tree Farmhouse , one of the oldest buildings in the area , is a cruck built farmhouse of which there are very few in North Somerset . It was included in the dendrochronology project carried out by the Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group 1996 – 1998 and the crucks gave a felling date of 1386 , the house has been extensively altered and added to over later centuries . North Hill Farmhouse also has 15th century origins . <unk> Farmhouse dates from the 17th century . Fairseat Farmhouse is from the 18th century and includes a plaque recording that John Wesley preached at the house on 10 September 1790 . In August of that year , Fairseat Farmhouse was " registered among the records of this County as a House set apart for the worship of God and religious exercise for Protestant Dissenters . " At that time the house belonged to Anna Maria Griffon . In the garden is a large evergreen oak ( Ilex ) which measured 98 feet ( 30 m ) across until half of it broke away in a gale in 1976 . 
