Description

DODDISCOMBSLEIGH APRIDGE LANE
SX 88 NE
3/121 Apridge Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Circa early C17. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone;thatched roof,
hipped at left end, half-hipped at right end, hipped end to wing ; left end stack
with rendered shaft, back to back fireplaces in stack with granite shaft between wing
and main range.
Plan: L plan, the main range single depth, 2 rooms wide, both rooms heated ; rear
right kitchen wing at right angles to main range with fireplace back to back with
right hand room ; stair in projection in rear left angle between main range and wing;
lean-to adjoining inner wall of rear wing. The position of the original entrance
is unclear : there is an entrance on the front at the right which is said formerly to
have led into a very narrow passage-like dairy, entrance into wing on right return.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front with 2 buttresses on the front :
plank and stud door at right end. Fenestration of C20 timber casements with glazing
bars. The right return of the main block has a C17 4-light mullioned window on the
ground floor and 1 small first floor window. The right return continues (the wing)
with the eaves thatch eyebrowed over 1 first floor 2-light casement ; 2 similar
casements to right of C20 porch into wing.
Interior: Chamfered crossbeam and exposed joists to kitchen wing which is divided
between the kitchen and a narrow rear service room. Open fireplace with granite
jambs chamfered lintel and bread oven. The right hand room of the main block has a
fireplace back to back with the kitchen fireplace, with granite jambs and a chamfered
step-stopped lintel. The left hand room has a chamfered step-stopped half-beam at
the left end, C20 fireplace possibly concealing earlier features: 2-light chamfered
mullioned stair window, now internal.
Roof: Apex not inspected at time of survey (1987) but 3 jointed cruck side-pegged
trusses survive over the main block : principal rafters over the wing are straight.

Listing NGR: SX8543187165

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604168

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey