Description

STRADBROKE
TM 27 SE

4/72 Low Farmhouse
-
-- II

Farmhouse. C16. To left a C19 service wing, in course of demolition at time
of survey (April 1986). Timber framed and plastered with pantiled roof. 2
storeys and attic. 3-cell, lobby entry type. Casement windows, mainly of
C18-C19 date. C19 plastered gabled porch with C19 4-panel door, the upper
panels glazed. Internal stack with rebuilt shaft. Most of ground floor
structure concealed: shaped heads to hall and parlour storey posts; remains of
cross-partition at lower end of hall has one square-headed service doorway
with original door. Good C16 newel stair: adjacent cupboards have butterfly
and H-type hinges. Intact first floor frame with reversed bracing. Original
attic floor with plain joists (where visible). Solid-tread attic stair with
early door. Chamfered-mullion windows in both gables. Roof has a single row
of clasped purlins and arched wind-bracing.

Listing NGR: TM2557474118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635253

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey