Description

TAWSTOCK
SS 52 NE
4/54 Hollick Farmhouse
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25.2.65 II

Farmhouse. Probably early C16, remodelled in early C17. Rendered stone and cob.
Thatch roof with gable ends. Stone rubble stack at left end of main range. Front
lateral hall stack with tapered cap and brick shaft, and front lateral brick stack
to lower end.
Probably originally a 2 room and through-passage open hall house with a further
through-passage at the lower end of the dairy with access blocked to demolished
shippon to right. Principal through-passage partitioned across to form lobby entry.
Beyond the hall is a low 2 storey addition, said to have been occupied as a separate
cottage but now with internal access from the hall.
2 storeys. 3 window range C19/C20 fenestration. 3 light casement 8 panes per light
at left end and two 2 light casements, 6 panes per light and 2 panes per light to
right. Ground floor has two 3 light casements 6 panes per light to left, 3 panes
per light to hall window, both to left of slated pentice roof to former through-
passage doorway with ovolo-moulded surround, four-leafed stops to the durns and
original ledged door of 3 planks with cover strips forming 9 panels.
Interior inspection not possible but known to have smoke-blackened roof structure
of raised cruck trusses and ornamental plasterwork frieze to one of the chambers.
Plaster rose over hall fireplace and date 1680 P.H.

Listing NGR: SS5607525344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545349

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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