Description

SAXMUNDHAM

TM3863 FAIRFIELD DRIVE
841-1/3/7 (North side)
06/09/74 Fairfield House East, Fairfield
House South, Brook Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
FAIRFIELD DRIVE
(North side)
Fairfield House (or Fairfield
South), Brook Farmhouse, East View)

II

Mansion, now 3 dwellings. 1828, subdivided c1973. Gault brick
with hipped slate roofs and several brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 3-bay entrance front with 2-storey 5-bay
wing to left. Full-height pedimented porch projecting at
centre of entrance front having paired pilasters on each
floor, the inner pilaster on upper floor fluted, a half-glazed
door and 6/6 horned sash on first floor. Flanking bays have
one sash on each floor set within stuccoed architraves and
with various combinations of glazing bars.
Wing to left has central doorway and 6/6 horned sashes to
ground floor, 3/6 horned sashes to first floor, all windows
with hoods.
Right return: 2 storeys, 3 bays, centre bay gabled and
projecting. On ground floor projecting bay has bay window to
ground floor and tripartite sash above. Bay to right has
hipped roofed conservatory on ground floor; otherwise flanking
bays have one horned 6/6 sash to each floor.
INTERIOR: cantilevered staircase with stick balusters, the
balusters with rolled corners. Apsed upper landing under a
circular lantern.

Listing NGR: TM3842163488

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558524

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)