Description

EAST SUTTON EAST SUTTON ROAD
TQ 84 NW
(west side)
5/79 Noahs Ark
Farmhouse
II*

Farmhouse, now house. C14 or early C15, with mid C16 alterations
addition of early C17, and C19 facade. Timber framed. Ground
floor clad with painted brick, first floor tile-hung. Plain
tile roof. 2-bay open hall with storeyed bay to left (west)
2 storeys and attic. South (rear) elevation: left gable end
jettied, with ogee tension brace to ground floor and plain
doorway to "rear" end of first floor. Roof hipped to left with
gablet. Multiple brick ridge stack in "rear" slope of roof
towards right end. Gabled dormer. Irregular fenestration of
2 ovolo-moulded mullion windows; one 4-light to left of centre
and one 3-light beneath stack. Diamond mullion window to ground
floor of left gable end. Early C17 two-storey stair turret
of 2 timber-framed bays, projecting forwards to left end, with
jetty to left side continued from jetty of main range. Ribbed
door in right side of turret, up 4 steps at junction with main
range. 4-centred arched doorway with moulded jambs and hollow
spandrels to "rear" wall of main range. Lean-to to right.
Interior: Exposed framing. Large ogee braces to left end of
hall. Moulded and brattished end of hall beams. Moulded
crown-post. C16 inserted floor with moulded beams and cornice
to hall, and moulded beams to first floor left end room.
C16 fireplace to hall with moulded wooden architrave and four-
centred arch with blank shields and long leaf spears. Doorway
with 4-centred arched head with hollow spandrels either side
of fireplace. C17 newel staircase.

Listing NGR: TQ8348048630

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545430

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings