Description

HIGHAMPTON
SS 40 SE
5/99 Warren Farmhouse
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- II
Farmhouse. C17 with C19 additions. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable ended
corrugated asbestos roof, slate to right-hand end and rear wing. 4 axial rendered
stacks.
Plan: 4-room-and-through-passage plan but lower end to left consists of only a very
small service room beyond which is a barn or shippon which may be integral. It is
possible that the right-hand end room, probably a kitchen, is a later C17 or early
C18 extension. Axial hall stack backs onto passage. Beyond the kitchen is a mid-
late C19 L-shaped addition extending to the rear, probably forming a separate
cottage when it was built.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Long asymmetrical 5-window front, right-hand end is C19
addition. C20 3-light casements to centre section with 2-light small-paned casement
to right of centre on first floor and two late C20 2-light casements beyond. C20
plank door towards left-hand end of house with C19 2-light dairy window to its left
and shallow rectangular projection to its right. To right0 of centre is C20 leanto
with 2 plank doors. C19 addition has gabled porch. Barn at left-hand end has
doorway to right with loading hatch above and 2 slits on ground floor to its left.
Interior: central room has chamfered axial beam. Hall fireplace has chamfered
granite jambs and roughly chamfered wooden lintel. Cloam oven in side.
Roof consists of C19 insubstantial straight principal rafters.

Listing NGR: SS4954403409

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399178

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