Description

MICKFIELD WETHERINGSETT ROAD TM 16 SW 2/154 Greenwoods Farmhouse - GV II

Farmhouse, early C17 with mid C19 alterations. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roof with original rear external chimneys of red brick: a large parlour chimney has moulded offsets and a moulded oblong shaft comprising two flues. A similar hall chimney has a single flue. Mid C19 sashes with large panes, also some small-pane casements. C19 entrance doorway at gable end with 4-panelled door and panelled architrave; associated with it is a mid C19 brick parlour block, added in double-pile fashion to the earlier parlour cell. Some good unmoulded framing of c.1600 exposed internally; close-studding and a fragment of wind-braced clasped-purlin roof (mainly rebuilt C20). A number of original moulded plank doors. An unusually elongated example of a C17 farmhouse, with an additional service cell at the right-hand end.

Listing NGR: TM1461162954

External Links

• Wikidata Q26478406

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