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ASHFORD BOWDLER

SO5170 Old Yew Tree Farmhouse
482-1/14/22
15/03/74

GV II

Farmhouse now house. C17 front range, early C18 main range,
C20 extension. Painted timber-frame with painted brick infill
on painted stone plinth, brick to rear; brick main range;
plain-tiled roofs. Brick coped gables to rear with projecting
gable-end chimneys. Front range of 2 framed bays aligned
east-west with single-bay cross wing to rear. Parallel main
range of 2 units set back to right.
EXTERIOR: front range of 2 storeys with side wall-frame to
road (north) of square framing 3 panels high with straight
braces each side. Left return gable-end: jettied first floor
with rectangular panels on plain bressumer, and straight
braces; 2 C20 casements; gable-end truss of straight tie beam,
twin raking struts, and collar; square framing 2 panels deep
to ground floor, 2 C20 casements. Rear wing to left (east):
brick, single-storey and attic; entrance door in enclosed C20
lean-to porch extension, tiled gabled dormer with 2-light
casement. Rear wing gable-end (south): C19 casement at attic
flanked by pigeon holes with ledges built into gable end;
brick storey band; C19 4-light casement in enlarged brick
segmentally-arched opening at ground level. Main range of 2
storeys and undercroft. Rear garden (south) facade: C20
casement window with top lights to ground-floor left; with 2
C20 casements connected under flat dormer roof with brickwork
between as continuation of main wall projecting through
original eaves. Street (north) facade with 2 single-light
casements, plain boarded door to undercroft. C20 entrance
porch to left.
INTERIOR: front range with deep-chamfered bridging beams, roof
with twin-strut internal truss, single trenched purlin roof.
Rear wing with twin raking-strut truss and single purlin roof.
Main range with chamfered bridging beam with ogee-chamfer
stops, roof with framed internal partition and truss with tie
beam, vertical struts, collar and twin raking struts, single
purlin roof.

Listing NGR: SO5165270599