Description

SE 3519 and SE 3520
6/84

WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH
HEATH COMMON (south side)
Little Sycamore, Sycamore House and Sycamore Cottage

22.11.66

GV
II
3 attached dwellings, converted mid C19 to one dwelling, now returned to 3 separate
dwellings. Late C17 cottage with early C18 addition at rear to left of house dated
1717 with another slightly later cottage added to right with coach-house to rear.
Hammer-dressed stone, orange/red brick, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Little Sycamore,
on left: 2-cell central-entry plan with rear wing. Quoins. Doorway with monolithic
lintel flanked on each floor by double-chamfered mullioned windows of 2 wide lights,
formerly of 4 lights. Coped gable with kneelers to left, brick stack to rear pitch.
Rising higher, but stone coursed through. Sycamore House, in centre: c1717. 2-cell
central-entry plan. Quoins to right, at junction with Little Sycamore to left, is
doorway (blocked) with tie-stone jambs with basket-arched lintel and chamfered surround.
Central doorway with overlight has architrave, frieze and cornice in wooden trellised
porch. Above, original 2-light chamfered mullioned window with slightly raised
surrounds. Flanking bays have full-height early C20 projecting bay with a 4-light
mullioned window to each floor. Coped gables with kneelers. 2 early-C20 brick stack.
To right, Sycamore Cottage: 2-cell central-entry plan with rear 1 1/2 storey outshut.
Quoins to right only. Doorway has tie-stone jambs, flat arch and chamfered surround.
Flanking windows have plain stone surrounds, those above have deeper lintels. Gable
stack to right (rendered), other brick ridge stack. Rear: Sycamore Cottage: outshut
has basket-arched doorway with chamfered surround (altered to window) to left of
cross-window with flat-faced mullions with inner chamfer. Coach-house breaks forward
under 2-span roof and has in its left return an entry with monolithic lintel, and in
its right return a wide semicircular-arched doorway, with window above, set forward
from doorway with tie-stone jambs and 2-light chamfered mullioned window, inserted
mid-C20 window above. One gable is coped with shaped kneelers. Set back to centre,
Sycamore House has doorway with composite jambs and lintel dated 1717 to right of C20
window with wooden lintel with same above. Addition to Little Sycamore of 2 builds
with gables: that to left C18 brick, originally single storey with added C20 brick
storey. 1st gable has small window with larger window above. 2nd gable, to right,
of rendered stone, has a 3-light chamfered mullioned window (blocked) with same above;
former doorway (blocked to window) with 3-light window above; coped gable with
kneelers. Brick stack set in valley between 2 ranges. Chamfered corner to left return
of brick addition which has segmental-arched window. Right-hand return of stone
addition which has segmental-arched window. Right-hand return of stone addition: 2 bays
to left have inserted doorway to left of former 2-light double-chamfered window with same
above (both lacking mullions); single bay to right breaks forward and has quoins,
former 4-light window to each floor (each lacking 2 mullions); coped gable with kneelers.

Interior: Little Sycamore has finely-carved C18 fireplace with architrave, pulvinated
frieze carved with oak leaves and acorns, casement-moulded cornice with small
triangular pediment; 2 spine beams and floor joists, stop-chamfered with ogee stops.
Addition has brick fireplace with low elliptical arch. Dog-leg staircase has moulded
handrail and some surviving splat balusters to landing. Oak roof with large
principal-rafter truss crossed at the apex as an upper cruck supporting a diamond-set
ridge piece. Collar to south gable is evidence of former smokehood. Cellar of 2
vaulted ranges, T-shaped in plan each range formerly lit by 2-light double-chamfered
mullioned window. Sycamore House: has staircase with finely-turned balusters.
Underneath landing is long passage the length of the house for servants. Parlour
chamber has fireplace with stone-basket-arched lintel and carved wooden frieze and
cornice.

Listing NGR: SE3608920942

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588015

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)