Description

TL 3856 COMBERTON BARTON ROAD
(South Side)

No 16 (Hawks Farmhouse)
9/25 II
31. 8.62

House. Mid-C16 and late C17 parlour wing. Timber-framed, roughcast rendered
on brick plinth. Tiled roof formerly thatched with ridge stack ofgault
brick to upper courses and red brick to lower. Plan of three principal bays
and narrower fire bay and entry bay. Cross-passage between hall and service
end to the left hand. One storey and attic. One dormer. Three casements,
including one of three-leaded lights, late C17, with original fastenings.
Doorway opposite the stack with C19 panelled door. Bread oven projects from
rear wall. Parlour Wing: added to front c.1680 (see similar brickwork and
banding to extension dated 1687 at Manor Farmhouse, qv). Timber-framed side
walls and brick, gable end now painted. Tiled roof with parapet gable end on
kneelers and original red brick plastered stack with moulded string-course.
Two storeys and attic. Band at eaves height and between storeys. Four
symmetrically placed casements with original diamond mullions and saddle
bars, but later glazing. Side walls have original attic gables and one
leaded light casement to each storey except for the ground floor which has
one of three-lights, similar to that of the main range. Inside: Hall has
intersecting main beams, stop chamfered and of substantial scantling, but the
floor of the right hand bay is much later and lighter in scantling and is a
possible replacement. Abutting inglenook hearths. Four centred chamfered
arch to one service doorway leading off the through-passage. Through-purlin
roof.
R.C.H.M West Cambs., mon.(16)

Listing NGR: TL3822756230

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616035

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