Description

TL 72 NW WETHERSFIELD PARKHALL ROAD, BEAZLEY
END (south side)

3/199 Fisher's Farmhouse

GV II

House. C16 and C17, altered in early C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed
with handmade red clay tiles. 3-bay main range facing E with C19 axial stack in
right bay. Early C17 2-bay crosswing to left extending to rear, with C19
central stack. C20 flat-roofed 2-storey extension in rear angle. C18/C19
single-storey extension with central stack behind right end of main range. 2
storeys. Ground floor, 2 early C19 sashes of 20 lights and one slatted larder
window. First floor, early C19 sashes of 20, 20, 12 and 16 lights respectively.
The larder at the right end of the main range has an early brick floor. The
main range, originally of one storey, was raised approx. 1.50 metres in the C18
or C19. The early C17 inserted floor has chamfered axial and transverse beams
with lamb's tongue stops, and joists (plastered to the soffits) supported on
pegged clamps. A pair of curved braces rise at a shallow angle to support the
middle of the floor, with Jacobean fretted ornament and a moulded square boss at
the apex, where they meet the axial beam. Jowled posts, close studding with
arched braces trenched to the inside. The crosswing has posts with jowls at
both storeys, the lower jowls ornamented with elaborate mouldings, and in one
case with a carved design of a diamond within a diamond, defaced. The right girt
has dentils carved in the solid, a rare feature in a timber framed house. Close
studding partly exposed. At the front there are remains of frieze windows at
both levels, the small side windows blocked but probably intact, the central
windows replaced by early C19 sashes. Original rebated floorboards. Both roofs
rebuilt in softwood. On the Chapman and Andr'e map of 1777 this farm is shown as
New House. This house has unusual Jacobean ornament.

Listing NGR: TL7449028989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462155

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014