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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6