Description

TR 14 NW ELMSTEAD -

1/122 Spong Farm House

29.12.66 II*

Farmhouse. Probably early-to-mid C16 on an earlier site. Timber
framed, with painted brick and rendered infilling. Plain tile roof.
4 timber-framed bays; open hall to rear 2/3 of two central bays only,
and storeyed end bays. 2 storeys, on flint plinth . Continuous jetty,
coeval with open hall, with moulded solid-spandrel brackets, returning
to left and right on moulded dragon posts. Broadly-spaced framing.
First-floor tension braces to gable ends and four towards centre of
front elevation. Long moulded window-cill to ground floor of right
hall bay. Hipped roof with gablets. C17 brick ridge stack between
left hall bay and left end bay. Irregular fenestration of 7 small
single-light casements. Boarded double doors with four-centred arched
head with leaf spandrels, up three steps under and slightly to right
of stack. Painted brick lean-to to rear to left. Interior: exposed
framing. Axial beam to front of centre of right hall bay, with double
hollow chamfer to front side only; beam extends unmoulded into left
hall bay and carries joists between it and jetty. Right end-of-hall
beam moulded and brattished between this axial beam and a mortice
for a spear for doorway towards rear end. Evidence for another doorway
towards front end. Axial joists, morticed for central partition,
to right end bay. Chamfered axial beam to ceiled left end bay, and
tenoned cross beam towards left end. Central-truss tie-beam cambered
and chamfered only over open hall, levelling out over gallery; tie-
beam has arch brace to rear and knee brace from post on gallery to
front of open hall, and further knee brace from front wall-post.
First-floor partition to right end of hall has possible evidence for
doorway to gallery. Left end partition disturbed by stack. Chamfered
axial beam and chamfered joists to inserted hall floor. Roof not
inspected. Said to have been owned by Robert Spong in circa 1440.
Galleried hall unusual in this area.

Listing NGR: TR1247245771

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546082

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)