Description

CROWFIELD STONHAM ROAD
TM 15 NW
3/21 Wood Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse, C15 with early C17 remodelling. 1 storey and attics. 3-cell plan,
converted to lobby-entrance form in C17. Timber-framed and plastered with
some C19 herringbone pargetting in panels. Thatched roof with axial C17
chimney of red brick with sawtooth shaft. A large C19 eyebrow dormer. Early
C19 small-pane casements with Gothick hoodmoulds. C19 flat-roofed entrance
porch, with 4-panelled door and simple pilasters and cornice. A 2-storey
pantiled C18 service wing to rear. A 2-bay open hall of unusually small
proportions forms the nucleus of the house; the open truss is almost entirely
removed but leaves evidence for long arch braces rising from pilasters. A
blocked 2-centred arched cross-entry doorway. Twin service room doorways are
chamfered; but are without arches, an exceptional omission for the period
which underlines the modesty of the building. Widely-spaced studding with
convex arched wind-bracing at corners. Service rooms with heavy rough joists
(the partition removed). Said to retain smoke-blackened roof (probably of
coupled-rafter form). An original circular open hearth is preserved beneath
the present floor, with radially-set bricks on edge. In early C17 the parlour
cell was rebuilt larger. A fireplace with cambered lintel in hall, and
inserted upper floor, both of late C16 or early C17.

Listing NGR: TM1419258410

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635174

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)