Description

BOVINGDON BOVINGDON GREEN TL 00 SW (West side) 6/2 Green Farmhouse and 26.1.67 attached Farm Buildings (formerly listed as Green Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse and attached farm buildings. Open hall house of later C15, C16 inserted floor and former timber framed chimney, C18 renovation with brick chimney and part casing to house. C17 or earlier E range of farmbuildings, C18 W range. Timber frames on brick sills, house red brick cased but W part of front has exposed framing. Dark weatherboarded entrance range at E end of house and similar E range of buildings. Lower red brick stable to W end of house linking to weatherboarded barn. Steep old red tile roofs to house and E range, slate roofs to W range with hipped barn roof. A long 1½ storeys, 4 windows house facing N with entrance passage to rear courtyard next E gable. 3 4-light small paned casements to ground floor with gauged segmental arches, 3 gabled dormers, 2 to LH at eaves, one cutting through eaves due to differing floor level. 3 internal chimneys. Entrance from courtyard. Formerly an open hall of 2 bays with storeyed bay at each end. Some soot blackening in clasped-purlin roof. No evidence of stair in W end (parlour) indicating an outside stair formerly giving access to upper floor at this end. Tile parlour has an axial floor beam over and large flat joists. E service bay had axial joists originally. C16 floor inserted in hall and wooden chimney backing onto cross-passage with beam offset from centre to allow for stack. Chimney to 2 storeys part would have been external at W end. C18 brick chimney replacing older chimney. E range of farm buildings has a gabled porch on E side serving the barn. L-shaped stable at W links to large barn with hipped porch on E side facing courtyard. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL0112902778

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