Description

ST 83 SW MERE WET LANE
(north side)

2/86 Lyemarsh Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C17 and C18. Front is small squared and coursed limestone, other
walls rubble; thatch to right half, Welsh slate to left half, lean-to to right
with pantile roof. Original building two-room plan, fireplace to left, gable
entry, stair at front centre; one-bay extension, left, with door adjacent to
former gable entry. Two storeys, 1+2 windows. Left part has 3-light small-
paned casement at each level, plank door right at junction with older unit which
has two 2-light horizontal bar casements, that to right previously a door; upper
level has two 2-light with early leading. Lean-to has plank door and 2-light
brick stacks, left gable and at junction. Back has various 2-lights with lead-
ing or glazing bars. Right end hipped over casement. Interior has oak winder
stair, heavy transverse beams and exposed joists; original simple 2-purlin steep
roof. Rare example of unmodified farmhouse.

Listing NGR: ST8314130505

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423725

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)