Description

TM59SW
914-1/3/103
03/10/77

LOWESTOFT
ELMTREE ROAD, Pakefield
(West side)
No.98
Elmtree Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse, now without a farm. c1760 with a mid-C19 extension
added to the east side. The west front faces the garden. Brick
and flint, roughcast and colourwashed. Pantile roofs. Lobby
entrance plan.
2 storeys in 3 bays. Central door behind a late C20
conservatory. The muntin and rail door forms six incised
panels, of which the upper pair are glazed. Reeded timber
surround with roundels in the upper corners under a flat
moulded hood. Left of the door is an early C19 three-light
metal casement, and to the right is a C20 three-light
casement. The two first-floor windows are also of 3 lights,
but are c1760 casements with glazing bars and timber-frames.
Gabled roof with a central ridge stack. Abutting the north
gable is a sloping flint and brick extension of 1990. The
south gable is lit through a C20 window. Small kneeelers
support the gable parapets.
The east side extension is of colourwashed brick. 2 storeys.
C20 plank door right of centre. One 3/3 sash either side under
rendered skewback arches, and 2 identical sashes to the first
floor. Gabled roof with internal gable-end stacks, that to the
south being a late C20 re-build.
INTERIOR. The lobby entrance plan is intact. The west, C18,
part has 2 ground-floor rooms each with a chamfered bridging
beam. The beam in the south room has nicked tongue stops. The
winder staircase is to the east of the stack opposite the main
entrance, in the normal C18 lobby-entrance fashion. The north
room has a re-built brick fireplace, the south room a C20 tile
fireplace.

Listing NGR: TM5218390781

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580868

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