Description

TM 14 NE WITNESHAM STRUGGLERS LANE

3/51 Valley Farmhouse
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GV II

House, formerly farmhouse. C16 in 2 stages with further C17 additon. 2
storeys. Cross-passage entrance plan. Timber-framed and plastered, the
right-hand gable is jettied at 1st floor. Plaintiled roof with internal
chimney of red brick; carved C19 bargeboards with spike finial. Late C19 sash
windows. Early C20 battened and boarded entrance door. The early C16 core at
right-hand end has substantial framing and evidence for unglazed windows with
sliding shutters. In mid or late C16, a 2-cell extension of wider span was
added to left; good exposed framing to hall and service rooms, plain crown-
post roof and evidence for a cross-passage. The chimney was also inserted and
a staircase wing added to rear; in the hall is a wide fireplace with cambered
lintel. A further parlour cell was added to left in C17, with fireplace
within rear chimney.

Listing NGR: TM1848549652

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281776

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