Description

TR 14 NE ELHAM
PARK GATE

2/57 The Old Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17, with largely mid-to-late C20 front
elevation. Front elevation red brick in stretcher bond. Left gable
end rendered. Right gable end and rear red and grey brick in an
irregular bond. Plain tile roof. Double depth. Formerly central-
entry plan. 2 storeys and garret. C17 chamfered brick plinth to
front elevation and gable ends. Plat band to rear elevation, and
right gable end. Plain eaves band to front. Roof of each range half-
hipped to left and right, the half-hips joined across top with a ridge.
Projecting rendered brick stack with chamfered plinth and irregular
offsets to left gable end of front range. Similar, unrendered red
and grey brick stack to right gable end of front range, with plain
brick cornice band. Regular C20 three-window front of two three-
light casements and blind central window. Small rectangular
chamfered brick ground-floor window to left of centre of rear elevation.
Blocked moulded and recessed rectangular brick ground-floor window
to right gable end, to front of stack, and traces of blocked brick
windows to rear of it. Door towards rear to right gable end. C19
single-storey red and grey brick rear addition to right, with gabled
plain tile roof, end stack, and gabled two-light dormer window to
right side. Interior: chamfered cross beams-.to ground floor, axial
beams to first floor. Part of head of chamfered C17 doorway between
ranges towards centre. Brick fireplace in English bond, with wooden
bressumer to right end of ground floor. Formerly known as Upper
Parkgate Farm.

Listing NGR: TR1708245289

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552498

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