Description

TQ 62 40 PEMBURY CHALKET LANE

13/354 Chalket Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Early C17, thoroughly modernised with extensions circa 1980.
Timber-framed. Ground floor level is underbuilt with brick, mostly circa 1980
stretcher bond but the west end is possibly C18 Flemish bond red brick with
burnt headers. The framing above is weatherboarded. Brick stack with
staggered chimneyshaft and the lower section of the shaft is original brick.
Peg-tile roof.

Plan: Farmhouse built across the hillslope. The main block faces south.
Originally it had a 3-room lobby entrance plan but original entrance has been
blocked. Large axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces between the centre
room (probably the original kitchen) and the left (west) end parlour.
Unheated right end room was originally for service use, such as buttery or
pantry. Partition between this service room and the centre room has been
removed and circa 1980 a 2-storey service extension was built behind the right
end.

Main house is 2 storeys with attics in the roofspace and lean-to outshots rear
left.

Exterior: Irregular 3-window front, all circa 1980 casements with rectangular
pane leaded pane effect, and 2 contemporary ground floor French windows.
Similar windows round the other sides including the rebuilt oriel window in
the left (west) end. This left end is jettied at first floor level but the
jetty bressummer is hidden. The right end is jettied on first and attic floor
levels. The lower jetty bressummer is hidden but the upper one is exposed; it
is moulded and brattished and supported on ornamental oak consoles. Main roof
is gable-ended and contains 3 front gabled dormer windows.

Interior: The larger rooms (both floors) have chamfered axial beams with
scroll stops and fireplaces have oak lintels with chamfered low Tudor arches.
The centre room fireplace includes large blocks of sandstone ashlar. Roof
somewhat mended in the C20 but preserves the substantial remains of the
original clasped side purlin roof structure.

Listing NGR: TQ6241740279

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545980

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5