Description

COMBE RALEIGH
SY 10 SE

6/116 Stonehayes Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C17 or earlier. Whitewashed and rendered; thatched roof, with plain
ridge, hipped at left end, gabled at right end, hipped at end of wing; end stacks and
axial stack to main range, lateral stack on outer wall of wing.
Plan: L plan. Single depth main range with an approximately central entrance into a
cross passage; 2 heated rooms to the right of the passage (partition between
removed). To the left of the entrance a rear axial passage gives access to the rear
wing behind an unheated room, heated room at the left end. A straight stair rises
against the rear wall to the right of the entrance with access from the cross passae.
The first floor of the rear wing was formerly used as a cheese loft. The evolution
of the house is not entirely clear (no access to roof space at time of survey) but it
is possible that the lower end (left end) of a 3 room and through passage house has
been rebuilt and enlarged.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Approximately symmetrical 5 window front with 2- ad 3-light C20
timber casements with glazing bars. Central late C18 or C19 panelled front door with
a wide C20 open porch on posts.
Interior: The right hand end of the house, the putative higher end, is now one room
with a chamfered stopped crossbeam. The fireplace to the axial stack is partly
blocked but may retain an earlier lintel and jambs. There is an exposed axial beam
to the left hand room and a rough crossbeam to the rear wing.
Roof: No access to apex at time of survey (1988) but timbers seen during repairs are
said to have been fixed with wooden pegs.

Listing NGR: ST1658803236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570119

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014