Description

ST NEOT DRAYNES
SX 26 NW
10/128 Higher Draynes Farmhouse
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8.4.87
II
Farmhouse. Late C17, with C19 and later alterations. Painted slatestone and granite
rubble. Asbestos slate roof with gable ends and ridge tiles, gable end stacks with
granite cornice and shaped tops.
Plan: 2-room plan, with central entrance to cross passage. Kitchen to right and
parlour to left, each heated by a gable end stack. There is a C19 stair inserted in
the passage. Later outshut, probably of C19,to the rear of he passage and the
kitchen.
Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front, all C20 2-light casements. Central
gabled porch, the upper part slate-hung, with 2-light casement to front and plain
door to right side. First floor string course. Right side has external stack with
curved oven at the base. Single storey outshut has half-glazed C20 door. Left side
has external stack. At the rear, the outshut is built into the bank.
Interior: Front right room has wide fireplace with timber lintel replaced in the C20.
Oven to rear left. Irregular chamfered beams. Slate floor. Cupboard with panelled
door to the right of the fireplace. C19 straight stair in passage, with panelling to
the side; the passage was widened, to create a small room to the right of the stair.

Listing NGR: SX2139369201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614508

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