Description

FRITTENDEN BUCKHURST ROAD
TQ 84 SW (south side)

3/16
Ponds Farmhouse
9.6.52
II*
House. C15 and mid C16. Timber framed and exposed close studding with
plaster infilling. Plain tiled roof. Four framed bays; 2 of each period of building. Two storeys and attic, with continuous jetty, at lower level to
right hand, and supported on brackets, with exposed truncated dragon beam
to end right. Jettying returned to right. Hipped roof with moulded stack
cluster to centre right. Two gabled dormers. Wooden casements of 2, 4, 2
and 3 lights on first floor, and 4 and 3-lights on ground floor. The
casements to left on each floor are flanked by blocked mullioned sidelights.
C20 gabled half timbered porch to centre right with plank and stud door.
Outshot to left, red brick on ground floor with casement window, exposed
studwork over. Right return with doubled wall plate (roof raised). Catslide outshot to rear of timber on brick base. Interior: structurally 2 builds.
The right hand section older and orientated north-south, with double wave
moulded beams; dragon beam now truncated, indicating cutting back of facade
to align with east-west C16 extension. The doubled wall plate to this older
wing points to alteration of roof structure to provide single hipped roof
over whole rebuilt building. Doubled main ports and scarfed plates join the
2 builds. Stack with large ground floor inglenook to C16 hall with simple chamfered beams. Ovolo and hollow chamfered mullioned windows, now facing
into outshot. Chamfered rear door surround, also now to outshot. Four
centred arched fireplaces with indented spandrels. Quarter log stairs,
especially to attic. Clasped purlin roof to C16 wing (earlier roof
inacessible).

Listing NGR: TQ8260740909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547416

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)