Description

FERNHURST MARLEY HEIGHTS
SU 82 NE
6/24 Moses Hill Farm
18.6.59
GV II

Farmhouse. West part is a C14 former open hall with inserted ceiling and
chimneystack of c1600 when the property was owned by a John Moses, with a
formerly detached hunting lodge of c1860 to the east, the two parts linked by a
wing of c1904. West wing is timberframed faced in stone rubble. Steeply
pitched tiled roof with large panelled brick chimneystack. North front has
exposed jowled posts with diagonal tension braces and 1 blocked 4 light
C16 diamond mullioned window. Gabled dormer and 3 C20 windows. West front has
4 modern dormers. South front has exposed framing on the 1st floor, close-
studding with some diagonal tension braces. The central link block of 1904 is
roughcast to the ground floor and hung with fishscale tiles above. East wing of
c1860 is of red brick (partially painted) on the ground floor and tile hung on
the 1st floor with tiled roof and casement windows. West wing has a lounge with
c1600 large 4-centred arched brick fireplace and inserted ceiling with 2 inch
chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stops and similar detailed floor
joists. 1st floor has thick upright posts with wide jowls. Sans-purlin roof
with crown posts, square in section, with curved head braces and curved tension
braces on either side. C14 carpenter's marks. End bay to south has pattern of
curved tension bracing additionally underneath the tie beam and rush light
marks. Attic not inspected but smoke blackened rafters reported. East wing has
c1860 wooden mantelpiece and cupboards in early C17 style with cocks head hinges
and 6 panelled doors. In the late C19 a gamekeeper occupied part of the west
wing which also had stabling.

Listing NGR: SU8913129984

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526286

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