Description

UFFINGTON LOWER COMMON
SU3089
11/145 Common Farmhouse.

- II

Farmhouse. Late C18 to left and 2 mid C19 bays to right. Squared and coursed
chalk, chalk quoins; stone slate roof to front, otherwise Welsh slate; brick
stacks. 3-unit plan. 2-storey, 5-window range. Flat hood with carved brackets
and -lights over 4-panelled door in centre of late C18 elevation; 3-bay late
C18 front has timber lintels over 8-pane sashes. Mid C19 front has 3-light late
C19 casements to first floor, mid C19 canted brick bay and C20 casement to
ground floor; also row of 4 diamond and 5 rectangular shapes cut in chalk and
with flint infill. Gabled roof; brick end and ridge stacks. Interior: quarry
tile floor; fireplaces with bressumers in late C18 part; 4- panelled and plank
doors. Service wing to rear is mid C19 with double hipped slate roof; lateral
brick stack; two 2-light leaded casements, brick segmental arch over plank
door. The late C18 part is probably c.1790, when the Common was enclosed.

Listing NGR: SU3087889783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26649817

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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