Description

TM 38 SW
4/20
1.9.53

SOUTH ELMHAM
ALL SAINTS CHURCH LANE
ALL SAINTS & ST. NICHOLAS
Church Farmhouse

GV
II

Former farmhouse. Early C16, with later alterations. 2 storeys and attics.
Timber-framed, plastered in panels, plaintiles. An internal chimney-stack
with 4 attached sawtooth shafts. Various casement windows; 2 plank doors.
The 2 bays to the north of the stack have a chamfered main beam and joists on
the ground floor and a cambered tie-beam with supporting arched braces to the
open truss above. On the upper surface of the tie-beam is the housing for a
crown-post, and there is a similar housing in another tie-beam against the
stack. The stack has 2 back-to-back hearths on the ground floor with plain
timber lintels, and beside it is a very fine newel stair. The doorway linking
the 2 ground floor rooms has a chamfered surround and plain arched spandrels.
On the upper floor, there are cranked reversed braces at the corners and long
jowls to the main posts. One 3-light and one 4-light original window with
hollow-chamfer moulding to the mullions. 2 upper fireplaces: one with a
timber lintel, and the brick coloured and tuck-pointed, the other with a hob
grate inserted below the lintel. The upper ceilings are of later date, with
joists on edge. The roof, in 7 bays, has 2 rows of butt purlins with the
collars of the trusses set high, and with intermediate collars between the
trusses at a lower level. This roof is clearly a replacement over the 2
northern bays. The house stands on a very large rectangular moated site, and
is said to replace a former manor house.

Listing NGR: TM3299082857

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492406

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)