Description

TQ 66 SE LUDDESDOWN HARVEL

8/718 Swanswood Farm

II

House, formerly farmhouse. Late C16 house of 3½ bays extended to right by one bay
c.1650 and refenestrated c.1910 when L wing was added to east reusing old materials.
Original part timber framed on stone plinth, the ground floor refaced in brickwork
in the late C18 or early C19 on the ground floor. Left hand part has exposed
framing on 1st floor with curved tension braces and 1 blocked original mullioned original mullioned
window. Mid C17 extension has timbers of thinner scantling exposed on the 1st
floor with 1 curved and 1 diagonal tension brace. Hipped thatched roof. Early
C17 off central chimneystack with cemented top, square merging into oval., and
end right ridge chimneystack. 4 casement windows of c.1910. Right side elevation
restored C20 with frame of thin scantling with long curved braces and 2 buttresses.
Left side elevation has 1 blocked mullioned window to 1st floor and C1910 casement
to ground floor. Catslide to rear with mostly modern brickwork except for left
end. 4 casement windows on this elevation.

c.1910 wing to east has some reused timbers incorporated in C20 brickwork on the
ground floor. This has curved braces, 3 probably reproduction mullioned windows
and arched doorcase. 1st floor has framing of thin scantling and 3 casement
windows. Interior contains on ground floor of the c1650 addition a very thick
spine beam with a curved chamfer, a brick fireplace with wooden bressumer and a
cl7 plank door. The dining room in the C16 part has the base of a late c16 or
early C17 built in oak dresser. 4 plank door to 1st floor room. The C1910 wing
contains a late c16 or early C17 oak straight flight staircase, probably
repositioned from the older part of the house cl9lO. Jowled posts visible. Roof
not accessible at time of survey.

Listing NGR: TQ6518662365

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544660

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