Description

TM 38 SW
4/56

SOUTH ELMHAM ST. JAMES
ST. JAMES' ROAD
Laurel Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17. 2 storeys; attic to part; L-shaped plan, with
a main range and cross-wing. Timber-framed and rendered; black glazed
pantiles. An internal chimney-stack, set between the 2 ranges, with a tall
plain rebuilt-red brick shaft, partly rendered; a later end stack on the left,
set externally, has a pair of short square shafts with attached heads. The
main range has 2 old 3-light casement windows to each floor, those on the
upper floor with wooden hood-moulds in Tudor style; the cross-wing has 3-light
casements with horizontal glazing-bars to the ground and first floors and a 2-
light window in the attic. Entrance into a full-height C19 porch abutting on
the internal stack: whitewashed brick, sloping single-pitch roof, 6 flush
panels to door, the top 2 glazed, and a hood-mould above. Plain main beams
exposed inside.

Listing NGR: TM3221681369

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283368

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)