Description

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TQ59NW HORSEMAN SIDE
723-1/4/496 (North side)
20/02/76 Waterhales Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
BRENTWOOD
HORSEMAN SIDE, Navestock
Waterhale Farmhouse)

GV II

House. C16, late C17 and c1800. Timber-framed and rendered
with peg-tiled roof. 2 storey, 2 window range. C20 replacement
sashes with glazing bars and horns. Pillared porch with
panelled door and side lights.
INTERIOR: S gabled block facing E mid-C16 high end cross-wing
of good quality with heavy flat laid joists (diminished
haunched soffit tenons and stepped chamfer stops) and jetty
now underbuilt. Doorway leading to former hall has flat
4-centred arched head and rolls and cavetto mouldings. Mortice
and wattle holes in door jamb for draught screen protecting
high end of hall. Large stair trap at rear of block. Apertures
for 2 large projecting windows on both storeys of jettied
front (shutter groove upstairs ). Internal tension bracing and
halved and bridled scarfs. Prominent stack flanking S wall has
tumbled offsets externally and fireplaces on both floors of
rebuilt Tudor brick (English bond). Upper chamber has inserted
cambered ceiling of later C16 with bridging joists with
multiple roll mouldings and smaller mullioned window at rear W
end. To W is late C17 timber-framed extension containing
stair. Strong basic framing with primary bracing. To N late
C17 block replacing earlier hall with framing as W addition
and present front door (C20). C17 Brick stack to N. Brick
built block filling NW angle c1800 with dentils at eaves, much
restored. C20 sash windows and door. Trenches in garden have
revealed brick foundations of hall house extending to N.
Waterhales Farmhouse forms a group with the barn (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ5387495663

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581081

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)