Description

HARBERTON 5X7658-5X7758 14/401 EAST LEIGH Foales Leigh (formerly 11.11.52 listed as Foale Leigh)

GV II

Farmhouse. Circa C16 with C17, C18 and C19 alterations and additions. Slate rubble, rendered at front and with rendered slate hung front to right end. Asbestos slate roof with gable ended wings and half hipped at right end. Rendered axial chimney stacks, and large stone rubble projecting end stack, all with set offs. Plan and development: Originally probably a 3 room and through passage plan but much altered. The lower end is to the right. The passage front doorway now leads into lower end of hall, the passage screen having been removed. The rear doorway of passage is blocked. The present hall fireplace is at lower end and has been inserted later into stack which originally heated lower end room. The original hall fireplace was either at higher end of hall and now block or in truncated rear lateral stack. The lower end room has collar and truncated end stack. Circa C17 parlour wing was added at upper end of inner room projecting at rear and has alteral stack on outer side. In circa early C19 inner room was converted into a stairhall with a staircase at back and doorway at front. The original passage doorway has 2-storey porch, now blocked. Outshut added to rear of hall and part of lower end possibly in c18 or C19. Lean-to added to lower end. Exterior: 2 storeys and with cellar under right end. Asymmetrical 6-window range. C19 and C20 2, 3 and 4-light casements with glazing bars. Slate dripmoulds to left hand ground and first floor windows and to first floor centre window. Gabled at left hand end. Gabled 2-storey stone porch with round arch to left of centre, with plank door. The ground at right hand is lower and the lower end of house is built over a cellar which has a wide doorway with a large rendered taking buttress either side on front wall. Lean-to outbuilding to right hand lower end with corrugated iron roof and 2 rows of pigeon holes with slate ledges. Loft door at rear of lean-to with slate steps. Rear wall of house is irregular and has blocked rear doorway to former passage, chamfered timber doorframe at rear of lower end. Late rear outshut with blocked openings. Interior: Original front doorway now within block porch, has heavy moulded timber doorframe with oval, fillet and hollow moulding and large baluster stops to jambs. Large hall fireplace to lower end of hall has slate rubble jambs with rounded corbels supporting massive slab of slate set vertically to form a canopy. Rough chamfered hall ceiling beams, one cross beam and 2 axial beams. Rough ceiling beams in higher end cross wing with step stops. Cellar at lower end has large open fireplace in end wall with massive vertically set slate lintel and chamfered ceiling beam with step hollow stops and sqaure section joists. Early C19 staircase inserted into former inner room, has turned newels, stick balusters and chamfered square newels at top, the handrail ramped up to the newels. Roof over hall is C19 replacement; the roof over lower end was not inspected. The cross wing roof largely replaced in C19 except for 2 trusses at the front which have straight principals with 2 tiers of threaded purlins and threaded ridge.

Listing NGR: SX7646058049

External Links

• Wikidata Q26510373

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