Description

EARL STONHAM FEN LANE
TM 05 NE
4/97 Fen Farmhouse
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- II

Former farmhouse, mid C16 with alterations of late C16 and early C17. 2
storeys and attics. 3-cell cross-passage entrance plan since C17, but
initially a rare example of a smoke-bay house with sleeping loft beyond.
Timber-framed and roughcast. Plaintiled roof, with axial C18 chimney of red
brick, and a C17 internal end chimney with sawtooth shaft. Mid C20 casements
(some early C19 windows to rear). Boarded- C19 entrance door at cross-passage
position. The original house comprised: a service cell, within which was a
cross-passage; this gave access through speres to a wide smoke-bay; beyond to
right was a further bay, with a loft above supported on a massive binding
joist. The crownpost roof has smoke-blackening in the smoke-bay. Heavy
unmoulded framing, with arch windbraced studwork. The house was extended to
right and left in early C17; the formerly hipped-roofed service end received a
gable chimney and newel stair. A massive late C16 upper floor was inserted
into the smoke bay, and a wide open fireplace added with a new parlour beyond
to right. Attics were inserted throughout. Several moulded oak plank doors.
Some joinery of c.1800 in the parlour including a pilastered corner cupboard
and matching fire surround.

Listing NGR: TM0943057530

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284695

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)