Description

LITTLE BOOKHAM CHILDS HALL ROAD TQ/15/SW (west side) 5/178

7.9.51 No.1 (Half Way House) (formerly listed under Lower Road)

GV II

Farmhouse, subsequently public house and dwelling, now house. Probably early C17; enlarged in early C18 and subsequently; altered. Timber frame with brick nogging, part rendered and painted white, part tile-hung, with later addition of brick; red tile roof. U-plan, the C17 2-unit range now forming a receding west wing to the C18 addition, with later additions to the rear of both. The south front, of 2 storeys and 3 bays, rendered and painted white, has the gable of the wing at the left end, and altered openings: a glazed door in the centre, a bow window at each end, and three 3-light casements above. Ridge chimney and gable chimney to the main range. The left return wall of the wing has a large external chimney stack, and is otherwise rendered at ground floor and tile-hung above; the rear of the main range has some exposed early C18 large-framing of light scantling partly covered by a verandah incorporating a porch in the angle, and a lean-to addition under a catslide roof at the east end; the west wing has a small section of exposed C17 framing including a down brace, and a modern 2- storey extension to the rear gable (not of special interest). Interior: the C17 portion now forming the west wing has an almost complete timber frame, with sill, wallposts, rails, angle-braces, wind-braced purlins, and a coupled rafter roof; and wooden diamond mullion windows of 5 lights at ground floor of the former north gable wall, and 2 lights at 1st floor of the east wall; the C18 addition has timber-framed rear and longitudinal partition walls, and an inglenook at the east gable.

Listing NGR: TQ1272654389

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