Description

TQ 08 NW,
5/337

DENHAM,
SAVAY LANE,
Savay Farm, The Savay

23.9.55

I

C14 hall house, altered. First floor inserted C16. Timber frame and red brick
nogging with old tile roof. H-plan. Two storeys. Windows, modern leaded lights.
C15 door with battens and strap hinges. Late C14 south-west gable oversailing
on brackets and exposed corbels, tympanum cement rendered with exposed timbers.
North-west modern wing similar but not oversailing. INTERIOR: C16 mural
achievement in south half of hall; first floor has two 4-centred arches at head
of north-east staircase, tie beam and king post in south-west room; murals over
south-west part of further hall, dated 1606 representing second chapter of
Exodus with characters in Jacobean costume. A few pieces of old stained glass
set in windows. Three cast-iron firebacks, 2 C16 (one dated 1558) and one
Carolean. On left hand, one-storey building extends from front. Stock brick;
old tile roof; open end nearest to house, opening filled with 4 wooden Roman
Doric columns, entablature. Inside along back wall timber gallery. RCHM I,
pp 116-118; VCH III, p256.

Listing NGR: TQ0468488047

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Savay Farm at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17524666

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