Description

SOUTH ELMHAM ST. CROSS
TM 38 SW

4/41 Church Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. Late C15, remodelled in late C16. 2 storeys; 3-cell form.
Timber-framed and rendered; clay pantiles. 2 internal chimney-stacks have
rebuilt red brick shafts, square, with a raised band and corbelled head. 3-
light mid-C20 replacement casement windows with plain glass to lights, 4 to
the upper floor, and 3, similar but taller, to the ground floor. Plank door,
with a C20 gabled porch roof, supported on brackets. Frame in 5 bays,
formerly with a 2-bay open hall and 2 storied ends. The partition wall at the
service end has been moved, and the 2 service rooms made into one. The open
truss of the hall has a cambered tie-beam supported by arched braces and
surmounted by the remains of a plain queen-post truss, but all the rafters
were replaced in the late C17 by a butt-purlin roof and it is not clear
whether the original roof had a second tier. Its surviving components are
smoke-blackened. The inserted stack, between the hall and the parlour,
initially heated only the hall, with a second hearth added later: both ground
floor hearths have timber lintels. The inserted ceiling in the hall has 2
deep trimmers to the main beam and unchamfered joists. The 2-bay parlour is
unusually large and settlement of the gable wall has led to the joists being
raised and partly replaced; a blocked stair-trap in one corner; late C17
rebuilding of part of the front wall included the insertion of a 6-light
mullioned window. Reversed braces at the corners in the room above.

Listing NGR: TM2999984150

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635635

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)