History

c.1600 parlour wing with C18 and C19 rebuilding of older section of house.

Exterior

Two-and-a-half storey main section with two storey cross wing at east end. Rubble stone with some later brick dressings. Slate roof. Tall projecting rubble stack offset to wing, rubble stack to rear of main part. The wing has been largely rebuilt in stone but a small area of square panel timber framing survives. Rear gable end encased in iron sheeting. Front gable end has two 16-pane sashes under later heads. Main section of house has three window range with central gabled dormer, front door in corner adjacent to wing. Later timber porch, wide-boarded front door with strap hinges, modern windows under cambered heads. To rear late C19 sashes.

Interior

Main section of house comprises large entrance hall with blocked fireplace on rear wall, kitchen and dairy. Plain squared beams in hall and kitchen, deep chamfered beams in dairy, modern stairs. Wing divided into three rooms, rear stairs lead off through trimmed beam. Main room has substantial beamed ceiling in counterchanged arrangement, deep chamfered beams and joists with diamond cut stop to joists, broach to beams (only one section of joists is exposed). Small stone jamb fireplace with renewed lintel. Four C18 six-panel raised and fielded panel doors with modified H/L hinges. Exposed wall posts of timber framed wing are massive with thickened top section and they project into the rooms. A small area of exposed wall framing has diagonal corner brace from post to wallplate.

Reasons for Listing

Included, despite window alterations, as a regional vernacular farmhouse with good internal detailing.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29493100

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)