Description

TL 85 NW CHEVINGTON WHEPSTEAD

5/37 Ruffins Farmhouse
(Formerly listed under General)
14.7.55
II

Farmhouse, late C15 with C16 and C17 alterations. 3-cell Wealden type open hall
house; 2 storeys; 4 windows. Timber-framed, rendered; 2 jettied ends each with
4 brackets supporting upper floor. Hipped plaintiled roof with axial chimneys
of red brick. C20 2-light casements. Panelled entrance door at rear. 2-bay
hall with open truss having square crownpost with 4 braces and moulded base and
cap; cambered tie-beam with massive strutted unchamfered arch-braces; hewn
pilasters with moulded capitals beneath braces. Chimney backing onto cross-
passage, and first floor structure with ogee-mouldings inserted into hall
c.1550. Chimney stack added to C15 parlour, and second parlour block and rear
staircase wing added C17.

Listing NGR: TL8080558565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586376

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings