Description

CODDENHAM HIGH STREET
TM 1354
8/23 Hall Farmhouse
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9-12-55
GV II

Former farmhouse, early C17 with alterations of late C18; a C16 wing survives
to rear right. 3-cell cross-passage entrance plan, both end cells being
roofed as cross-wings. 2 storeys and attics. Timber-framed and plastered.
Plaintiled roofs with axial chimneys of red brick; a C17 gabled dormer with a
late C18 casement. Late C18 windows of 2 and 3 lights, those at ground storey
with transomes; wrought iron casements. The attic windows have C18 hinged
boarded shutters with trompe d'oeil painted lace curtains. Central late C18
entrance doorway with 2 -panelled door, the upper panel glazed with small
panes and the lower with fielded sub-panels around a saltire. An enriched
broken pediment has within it an elliptical-headed fanlight with curved bars
(c.p. doorway at the Red House, Church Lane). The former cross-passage has a
C17 wainscotted screens. Apart from an ovolo-moulded binding joist in the
hall, little framing is exposed in the main range, but the C16 rear wing has
heavy C16 framing with arch-braced studwork. Wind-braced clasped-purlin and
butt-purlin roofs.

Listing NGR: TM1395954298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635093

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990