Description

GREAT BLAKENHAM STOWMARKET ROAD
TM 15 SW
3/54 Tollgate Farmhouse
9.12.55
- II

Farmhouse, c.1500 with alterations of c.1600 and late C19. Cross-passage
entrance plan, extended at either end c.1600. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and
plastered; the right hand gable is jettied on exposed knees and moulded
pilasters. Plaintiled roofs with pierced crested ridge tiles and C19
bargeboards with undulating soffits. An axial chimney of c.1600 and an end
chimney at left of C19; both of red brick. 3-light C19 small-pane casements,
the ground storey windows also having square upper lights. 4-panelled C19
entrance door with open gabled porch on timber posts. The nucleus of the
house consists of a late-mediaeval open hall house; a pair of arched service
room doorways and a smoke-blackened crown-post roof are of this date. The
open truss has an octagonal crownpost with moulded capital and base and 4-way
knee bracing; the tie-beam below has lost its arch braces. A wall-place over
the entrance has fine carving - a running design is interrupted by fleur-de-
lys and stylised animals, in the style of late C16; the context is anomalous
and perhaps an apprentice's practice. An upper floor was inserted in the hall
c.1600 with a fireplace backing onto the cross-passage, and a parlour added
beyond perhaps later. A 2-cell wing was built c.1600 behind the service end,
detached until C19. It has good quality timber framing including butt-purlin
roof with wind-bracing, also a large blocked ovolo-moulded mullioned window.
The upper floor of the front room has fine roll mouldings, and the bridging
joist is also crenellated; this is early C16 work and must be reused, perhaps
from a demolished parlour from the earlier house.

Listing NGR: TM1182150693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553849

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)