Description

SOUTH ELMHAM, ST. MARGARET'S TM 38 SW

4/67 Valley Farmhouse -

- II

Farmhouse. Circa 1600. 2 storeys, formerly with attic; 3-cell internal chimney plan. Timber-framed and rendered; clay pantiles. The ground floor of the front is faced in C19 red brick, laid in Flemish bond. The internal stack has 4 attached square shafts with moulded corbelling to the heads, and a rectangular base with the top sloping upwards to the shafts. C20 casement windows in traditional style: 3-light and 4-light, with a single horizontal bar to lights. Plank door to a C20 enclosed and gabled red brick and pantiled porch. Good framing exposed inside: the parlour has an ovolo-moulded main beam with scroll-stops and bar, and joists with scroll-stop and jewel; the hall, in 1½ bays, has plain, wide, unchamfered joists, the spaces between no wider than the width of the joists themselves. 2 back-to-back hearths with plain timber lintels. On the upper floor, arched braces remain in one truss, the remainder removed; over the parlour are small solid braces to the main cross-beam. A face halved and bladed scarf joint in the wall-plate, and the slides and housings for diamond mullioned windows. The upper ceilings are probably later; roof not examined.

Listing NGR: TM3217684361

External Links

• Wikidata Q26494232

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  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)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)