Description

EYE

TM1573 HOXNE ROAD
585-1/6/98 (North side (off))
15/06/51 Abbey Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
HOXNE ROAD
Abbey Farmhouse. Remains of Chapel
to North West)

II

House. Mid C16, incorporating in east wall part of west
cloister range of Priory of St Peter, suppressed 1537. Front
range refronted and altered c.1720. Brick, timber frame and
re-used ashlar. Roofs of plaintiles (front range) and
pantiles. Red brick laid in Flemish bond.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. 6-window range. Plinth course. Two C19
doorways symmetrically placed in second and fifth bays, that
to west with gabled late C19 porch, that to east with C20
pentice roof on posts. Over doors the windows on each floor
are single-light C19 casements. Remainder of fenestration of
3-light C19 metal casements. All windows under segmental
heads. Platbands at first and second floors. Hipped roof with
two panelled ridge stacks. West return of banded flint and
brick with ashlar quoins to north-west corner. One 3-light
ground-floor C19 casement and one similar 2-light casement
each floor above. East return with re-used ashlar blocks at
intervals. Platbands between floors, each floor lit by one
3-light C19 casement. Rear with two hipped and one gabled
wings, the former of one storey and dormer attic, the latter
of one storey only. East wing with re-used ashlar, two
ground-floor 3-light C20 casements, two C20 flat-topped
dormers.
INTERIOR: front range with chamfered bridging beams to both
floors, rebuilt fireplace to east ground-floor room. At first
floor is a chamfered 4-centred doorway communicating with rear
wing and belonging to a range replaced by the early C18 front
block. Rear east wing with two polygonal C15 principal posts
of very heavy scantling, the southern one developing bowtell
and casement mouldings at upper floor; both posts re-used from
priory. Frame of rear wing of moderate scantling, with jowled
principal posts and dragon struts to corners. Several C16
plank doors on strap hinges. Roof of front range of rafters
and two tiers of butt purlins.
(Pevsner N & Radcliffe E: Buildings of England: Suffolk, 2nd
Edition: Harmondsworth: 1974-: 208).

Listing NGR: TM1530074214

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602835

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014