Description

RAVENINGHAM BECCLES ROAD
TM 49 NW
7/121 Castell Farmhouse
25-9-51
- II

Farmhouse, C16 and later, restored mid C20. Timber framed with red brick
gables and additions; steeply pitched pantiled roof. Two storeys and attics,
L-shaped plan. Main facade to south-east; three widely spaced windows set
in exposed timber frame with colourwashed infill : 4-light casements with
Transoms. Polygonal brick angle shafts at gables. Lower storey partly under-
built in brickwork. Doorway off-centre to right with rectangular fanlight
over battened door. Jettied first floor structure. First floor casements
of 5 lights (centre) and 3 lights. Tension braces to studs. Off-centre
axial chimney stack with linked lozenge-shaped shafts; one shaft to north
with decorative brickwork on moulded base. South gable with tumbling at base
and internal chimney stack with lozenge-shaped shafts. Attic casement with
glazing bars in gable. North gable has polygonal angle shafts and a large
blocked ground floor window with a 6-light mullion and transom frame set in
a chamfered reveal with stuccoed ashlaring. Brickwork of gable in English
bond with diaper pattering. Red brick rear wing with segmental headed
casements and 2-light attic dormer on south-west. Catslide lean-to's in north
west angle and flat roofed tile-hung projection. Interior has bridging and
tie beams with large chamfers and broach stops; first floor joists with
stepped run-out chamfers.

Listing NGR: TM4054895573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26654191

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)