Description

ST OO NE KENTISBEARE
8/88 Sandfield Farmhouse
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II
Farmhouse. Probably circa 1600. Plastered cob on stone footings; gable end slate
and corrugated asbestos roof.
Plan: 4 room, through passage plan house with rear wing. Hall and kitchen
(possibly originally an inner room) to the left of the passage, one unheated room to
the right, and another room to the extreme right, heated by an internal end stack.
Axial stack backing onto passage heats hall; internal end stack heats kitchen. All
stacks with brick shafts. Stairs to rear of hall. 2 storeys.
Exterior Front: 4 window range; all first floor windows with late C20 3-light metal
casements set in older oak frames. Ground floor windows: 3 lights to kitchen, 4
lights to hall, 2 lights to unheated room, 3 lights to extreme right hand room.
Rendered late C20 porch. Rear: windows only to wing; with a first floor 2 light
casement, with 12 leaded panes per light.
Interior: Hall with 1 and 2 half axial ceiling beams, chamfered with hollow step
stops. Door to stairs, planked with HL hinges. Wattle and plaster partition
between hall the kitchen. Roof: space inaccessible; substantial principals visible
in upper rooms with large purlins, not obviously jointed crucks, but sitting well
down in the walls.

Listing NGR: ST0839709815

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400352

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)