Description

TL 51 NE HATFIELD BROAD OAK

4/26 Woolards Ash Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. c.1500. Timber framed and plastered with pegtile roofs. Centre
part of long, 2 storey complex, with C20 extensions at east and west ends. To
the east is an 'L' shaped block with gable to the north front and to the west a
block with higher ridge line and hip to the western end. This has a large red
brick stack against the northern side. The centre, late medieval part, has a
mid C17 gabled rear extension block with a large stack through its ridge line.
a further large rectangular stack rises through the north front roof slope,
adjoining the western crosswing. Windows are C20 metal casements with leaded
lights and a large gabled C20 porch projects from the east end of the centre
block. This is a former 'long-wall jetty' house of 3 bays with remains of a
crown post roof and jowled posts with arch braces to the tie beams. Scarf
joints are halved and bridled and there is a large C17 inglenook fireplace
beneath the rear stack. One arched door head remains probably that to a former
parlour. One C17 cupboard door has moulded planks. RCHM 30.

Listing NGR: TL5700817264

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389738

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)