Description

COMBS PARK ROAD
TM 05 NW

2/94 Old Farm House
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- II

Farmhouse, c.1550-1570 with various additions of C17 and C19. 2 storeys and
attics. 3-cell plan originally with cross-passage entrance. Timber-framed
and roughcast. Plaintiled roof with axial chimney, the shaft rebuilt in mid
C20 red brick. Mainly C20 casements. Glazed C20 entrance door in lean-to
conservatory. Typical late C16 framing: in the hall is a roll-moulded
bridging beam with leaf-stops (the joists said to be similarly moulded). Twin
service room doorways have rudimentary ogee heads. An original diamond-
mullioned window in a service room. A wide open fireplace in the hall has a
cambered lintel. Arch-windbraced close studding. Early C17 alterations
include several ovolo-mullioned windows (blocked), and a newel staircase with
associated cupboard whose door has turned balusters in the ventilation panel.
C17 butt-purlin roof. A wing attached to the original parlour was of 1½
storeys when added in C16 or C17. Further additions are of late C19 red
brick.

Listing NGR: TM0409756499

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284470

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