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Lime Tree Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Laxfield, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3174 / 52°19'2"N

Longitude: 1.3406 / 1°20'26"E

OS Eastings: 627777

OS Northings: 274069

OS Grid: TM277740

Mapcode National: GBR WMH.PRM

Mapcode Global: VHL9R.602S

Plus Code: 9F43888R+X6

Entry Name: Lime Tree Farmhouse

Listing Date: 18 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1180927

English Heritage Legacy ID: 280168

ID on this website: 101180927

Location: Mid Suffolk, IP13

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Laxfield

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Laxfield All Saints

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


LAXFIELD FRESSINGFIELD ROAD
TM 27 SE

4/48 Lime Tree Farmhouse
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-- II

Farmhouse. In 2 sections: early C16 hall range to west with one-bay addition,
perhaps C17, at service end; parlour block to east added c.1600. Timber
framed and plastered; glazed black pantiles to hall range, plaintiles to
parlour addition. 2 storeys and attic. C18-C19 small-paned casement windows;
in the hall range a C16 window with cavetto mullions. C19 6-panel door, the
upper 2 panels glazed. At its junction with the earlier range the parlour
block has an oblong stack; the base contains a recessed panel with an upper
sawtooth brick course and with moulded work above. Gable end of hall range
has canted ground floor bay of c.1900. The hall has a moulded bridging beam
with run-out stops, arched-braced to the wall posts, and heavy joists, also
with run-out stops. Moulded and embattled girding beam set into the stack.
Fireplace lintol has similar decoration, now mutilated. Exposed first floor
studding with evidence for original windows. Plain crown-post roof, most of
the collar purlin now removed. Parlour contains typical work of c.1600, with
reversed bracing and an ovolo-moulded bridging beam to ground floor. Newel
stairs to first floor removed mid C20. Remains of medieval moat.


Listing NGR: TM2777474065

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