Description

HORHAM KERSLEY HALL LANE
TM 27 SW
5/46
Wretts Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early C17; 3-span mid C20 addition to rear. Timber framed and
plastered, lined in imitation of ashlar. Roof has slates to front and mid C20
clay plaintiles to rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell, lobby entry type. 3
windows, mainly late C19 2-light casements; 2 mid C20 casements to ground
floor. Mid C20 entrance door. Internal stack: rendered shaft with pilaster-
like projecting centre and remains of a moulded base. The frame is visible at
first floor level: plain, quite widely-spaced studs; some arched braces. Both
hall and parlour have axial bridging beams with nicked stop-chamfers; the
joists are concealed. Roof has butt and clasped purlins and straight plank
wind bracing. The gable ends were substantially rebuilt in C19-C20.

Listing NGR: TM2228872534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476338

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