Description

PARKHAM BROAD PARKHAM
SS32SE
5/179 Pierces Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Late medieval; remodelled and extension to right
built in early/mid C17; eaves raised and roof pitched widened in
late C19. Colourwashed render over slatestone rubble; gabled
slate roof; left end and ridge stacks finished in rendered brick.
Open hall plan remodelled in early/mid C17 to make 3-unit plan
with through-passage to left of central hall. 2 storeys;
4-window range. Late C19 brick porch with 4-panelled (2 glazed)
door. Flat rendered arches over late C19 two and 3-light
casements with glazing bars. Rear: C17 stair turret flanked by
C19 outshuts. Interior: plain unchamfered beams flank passage,
which has early/mid C19 dog-leg with winders staircase to rear.
Central hall has chamfered bressummer over open fireplace;
early/mid C17 ovolo-moulded beams to right. Roof: C19 roof
trusses; above through-passage is front half of a late medieval
raised cruck truss with a cambered collar, trenching for through
purlins, and ridge purlin set diagonally into yoked apex (Alcock
type Ll); the truss has heavy smoke blackening, suggesting that
it was built for a medieval open hall.

Listing NGR: SS3767822067

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26592428

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)