Description

TQ 54 SE SPELDHURST FARNHAM LANE

4/476 Hole Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Early/mid C19, refurbished and enlarged circa 1970. Exposed
timber framing, massively underbuilt with coursed blocks of sandstone ashlar,
the frame is nogged with smaller blocks of the same stone, the extension is
local ashlar; brick stacks (the older one on a stone base) and chimneyshafts;
peg-tile roof.

Plan and Development: Small house facing south west and built in a valley
bottom and against the steep slope of its side. It has a 4-room plan in 3-
cells. The right (south eastern) cell was added circa 1970 and it contains 2
rooms; a larger front room kitchen with a stack to rear backing onto a small
utility room. The other 2 rooms make up the C17 house. It had a 2-room lobby
entrance plan with a larger living room to left and heated by an axial stack
backing onto an unheated service room, now in the centre.

House is 2 storeys and the C17 section has attic rooms in the roofspace.

Exterior: Is most attractive. It has an irregular 4-window front overall,
circa 1970 timber-framed windows with iron-framed casements containing
rectangular panes of leaded glass. The 2-window section to right is the circa
1970 extension. The framed section is the original, a 2-window section in 3
uneven bays which show the internal layout. The narrow centre bay here is the
entrance and the 2 full height wall posts form the jambs of the original
doorframe which has a chamfered surround and contains a circa 1970 door in
Tudor style. The original frame shows on the 3 outside walls and is virtually
intact above first floor level. It is of heavy scantling with curving tension
braces. There is also some framing at first floor level behind the extension
which looks like it has been made up of reused timbers. The roof is gable-
ended to left and hipped to right. The section over the older part rises
higher and the old half-hip is used to drop the ridge down to the C20 roof.

Interior: The basic structure of the C17 house survives. Large fireplace has
stone ashlar jambs, a brick back and oak lintel; there is an oven doorway
through the left jamb. In the same room the axial beam and joists are
chamfered with step stops. Plain joists in the service rooms (some maybe
replacements). Main chamber has a chamfered axial beam. The wall posts have
large jowls and carry tie-beam trusses with queen struts and clasped side
purlins.

Hole Farmhouse is a good example of a small C17 house.

Listing NGR: TQ5539240162

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551982

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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