Description

LAXFIELD
TM 27 SE

4/27 White House Farmhouse
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-- II*

Farmhouse. Early C15 with C16 addition to right of stack. Timber framed and
plastered except for the rear wall which is weatherboarded. The front has C20
widely-spaced applied studding. Pantiled roof. 1½ storeys. 4 windows, C19
and C20 casements. Plank door. 2 small gabled dormers. Internal stack.
Against the left gable end a lean-to addition and a small stack. A former
open hall house, one end of which (probably the solar end) was rebuilt in C16
when the stack was inserted. 2-bay open hall with original heavily sooted
queen-post roof with a ridge piece; the queen-posts are of cross-quadrate
section. There are 2 additional tie beams in what is probably the lower bay
of the hall, but no evidence for them in the upper bay. C16 inserted ceiling
has bridging beam with solid arched braces to the wall posts and chamfered
joists with run-out stops. Hall fireplace has a good moulded and embattled
lintol. C16 addition has chamfered-joist ground floor ceiling. C16 newel
stairs.

Listing NGR: TM2740973150

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539601

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)