Description

TQ 34 SE LINGFIELD DORMANS STATION ROAD
(north side off)
Dormansland

9/260 Nobles

II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C17, added to and refronted C18; further alterations
and large additions C19 and C20. Original section timber-framed with wattle and daub
infill; at front, ground floor underbuilt in brick of 2 periods and 1st floor tile
hung. Added outshut on right brick with glazed headers in Flemish bond on'rubble-
stone plinth. Early C20 cross-wing on left of brick in Flemish bond with tile-hung
1st floor. All with plain tile roofs. 2 storeys with loft to original 2-bay section.
C18 outshut on right; early C20 cross-wing on left; further late-C19 and early-C20
additions to rear and set back on right not of special interest. Original section
has late C19/early C20 wood-mullioned casement windows of 1,4 and 3 lights to ground
floor and two of 3 lights above; stack at left end. Outshut has one timber-lintelled
sash window and roof hipped on left. Cross-wing has canted bay window with sashes
to ground floor, 3-light window with casements above, and half-hipped gable; lateral
stack on left. Right return has entrance in C20 porch; small-pane dormer window
to outshut. Interior: The C17 house survives well, encased by the later addition:
the square-panelled timber frame is exposed, having heavily-jowelled posts;
chamfered beams with step stops and run-out stops, including square-sectioned floor
joists; in roof, central queen strut truss, queen-post trusses to original end
walls(left gable formerly infilled), square-section morticed-and-tenoned rafters
with carpenters' marks (out of sequence) wind braces. Large, originally external
brick chimney, with timber bressumer to ground-floor fireplace and bread oven in
side (opening from rear wall). On lst floor original central partition wall dividing
bays. Reused old board door to ground floor in rear wall.

Listing NGR: TQ3987241690

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281106

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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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, Supplement 2014
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)