Description

TM 07 SW WALSHAM LE WILLOWS CROWNLAND ROAD

3/45 Fir Tree Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Early C17. Timber-framed and roughcast with thatched roof. 2
storeys; 3-cell lobby-entrance plan. The internal chimney-stack has a plain
shaft of old red brick; a later stack and a slated single-storey lean-to
addition on the right. 3 3-light casement windows to the upper floor, one
old, with pintle hinges, all with square leading. 3 3-light casement windows
to the ground floor, 2 with transomes and cross-bars, one with cross-bars
only. c19 entrance door with 6 flush panels. Frame in 4 bays, including a
chimney-bay. Good close-studding without visible bracing inside; to the right
of the stack, the ground floor ceiling has a main beam with chamfer and jewel
stops and plain, slightly chamfered joists. On the upper floor, a section of
good Jacobean panelling has ornate lozenges in the panels and scribed designs
on the rails and styles; one half-glazed door has panes of old bottle glass.
The house is set sideways-on to the road; a C19 single-storey addition along
the north side.

Listing NGR: TM0158070123

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283562

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair