Description

1.
5280 RIVERHEAD RIVERHEAD
Chipstead Lane
(South Side)

The Old Farmhouse
TQ 5156 25/963 lO.9.54.

II GV

2.
Early C18 front, of 2 storeys, 3 windows, on C17 timber framed range built parallel
to and£against early C15 hall house. Red brick with parapet concealing high
pitched tiled roofs, U-shaped to rear, with central part sweeping down to ground
floor eaves level. C17 and later rear extensions. 3 gabled dormers face west.
Front windows sashes with glazing bars in exposed frames under segmental brick
arches. Centre panelled door in moulded architrave under flat hood on carved
brackets. Inside front section 2 early C18 panelled rooms and delicate staircase
of a little earlier. In old part parts of collar purlin and crown post, shorn
of one brace, can be seen; also one end of main truss with heavy arched tie
beam end and huge arch brace, chamfered in two places.

The Old Cottage, the Old Farm House, and the stable building form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5129156104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535975

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)