Description

SP 70 SE LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER CHESTNUT WAY

4/90A Chestnut Farmhouse

26.9.73.

- II

House. C17 range of 3 bays with early C18 bay projecting to left
of centre and C18 staircase projection in right angle. C20 alterations.
C17 range is timber-framed with brick infill, partly rebuilt in brick
C18. C18 bay is of chequer brick with brick plinth and band courses.
Old tile roofs, brick chimneys, that between right bays of C17 thin
brick. Older range is of 1½ storeys, C18 bay of 2 storeys and an
attic. Irregular wooden casements with single horizontal glazing
bars, those to first floor rear in gabled eaves-line dormers. Rear
also has small blind oval window below dormer in left bay, small
paired leaded casement below eaves between left bays, and good C18
6-panelled door with architrave frame and wooden cornice hood to
right of centre. C18 bay to front has C20 leaded cross casement to
first floor of gable and similar paired casement to attic. C20 brick
and timber porch-verandah with hipped tile roof in angle with left bay.
C20 lean-to at S. end of C17 range. Interior: heavy stop-chamfered
spine beams; curved braces; winder stair with shaped splat balusters.

RCHM I p. 272 Mon. 28

Listing NGR: SP7909804634

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418868

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  For the Record
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)