Home Farmhouse

GOOLE FIELDS SWINEFLEET ROAD SE 72 SE (south side, off) 5/11 Home Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Dated 1786, with C19 addition to rear. Probably for Pepper family. Brown brick in Flemish bond. Concrete tile roof. L-shaped on plan: 2-room central entrance-hall west front, kitchen wing to rear right with contemporary outshut in angle and later extension to rear. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays; symmetrical. Step to moulded 6-fielded-panel door beneath fluted frieze, cornice and plain fanlight in cyma moulded architrave with painted brick arch. C19 4-pane sashes in original flush wooden architraves with projecting sills and stucco flat arches. Stepped eaves. Stone-coped gables with shaped kneelers. Corniced end stacks. Right return, rear wing, has 6-fielded-panel door beneath segmental arch, single wide 6-pane sash in flush wooden architrave beneath cambered arch, similar first-floor window beneath segmental arch, attic hatch with board door to front range. Front right and rear gable ends bear tie bars 17 and 86. Front left bears initials: R P (first initial damaged, possibly P or B). Interior contains original staircase with column balusters, marble chimney-piece, ribbed cornice, fielded-panel doors and window shutters in architraves; not fully investigated.

Listing NGR: SE7570320468