Description

TM 38 SE
2/44

WESTHALL
COX COMMON
Oak Tree Farmhouse

II

Former farmhouse. Circa 1600. 2 storeys and attics; 2-cell lobby entrance
form to front range. Timber-framed core, fronted in C19 white brick, with the
remaining walls encased in red brick. C20 concrete pantiles. An internal
chimney-stack with 4 attached hexagonal shafts and small moulded brick horses,
heads on the base (cf. Willingham Hall and the Manor House, Walberswick). C
20 cross windows and glazed porch. One early C19 pointed Gothic window in the
north end. Framing exposed inside. Both ground-floor rooms have plain
ceilings: stepped stops with groove to joists; one open fireplace with remains
of timber lintel. In one first floor room, a fireplace with rusticated
plastering to the brick arch. In the rear wall of the ground floor an
original 2-light window with ovolo-moulded mullion, blocked, and an original
doorway, square-headed and chamfered. Newel stair beside the stack. Widely-
spaced studs, arched braces to corners. Original upper ceilings. Several
good moulded plank doors. The remains of a C16 wing at the rear has one bay
with plain heavy joists, and an end chimney-stack.

Listing NGR: TM3998682489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283440

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments