Description

LAYER DE LA HAYE FIELD FARM LANE
1.
5214
TL 91 NE 17/10 18.5.79 Blind Knights
II*
2.
Early C14 hall house with later alterations. Timber-framed and plastered with
red plain tile roof. Two storeys. 1:2:1:1:1 window range on ground floor,
1:3:3:1 on first floor all modern casements. Central section is one full bay
of early C14 hall, with massive arch bracing to tie beam, 4 armed crown post,
and heavily sooted rafters. Now one and a half storeys. A first floor has
been inserted, presumably C16 and there is a gabled dormer at both front and
rear. Immediately to west is a cabled and jettied crosswing, and adjoining
range, all 2 storey, and added C20. At east end of hall, is early C14 gabled
and jettied crosswing. Most of the frame is exposed internally, including stop
chamfered beams, and 2 original ogee doorheads. Original roof remains "with
4 armed crown posts and centre purlin. To the east is a further long wall jettied
wing of early C15, with frame exposed internally, semi-circular headed entrance
doorway, and simple 2 armed crown post roof. Large rear chimney stack, with
C15 and C16 brickwork.
(RCHM 3).

Listing NGR: TL9763219069

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545637

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)