High Street Farmhouse

SE 81 NW EASTOFT HIGH STREET (east side)

4/8 High Street Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Dated 1799, with left gable rebuilt in late C19-C20. Brown brick in Flemish bond. Pantile roof. L-shaped on plan: 2-room, central entrance-hall west front with wing to rear left containing kitchen, and a small half-cellar with small pantry above. 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Doorcase with large carved consoles bearing foliate ornament, carrying corniced hood. 6-fielded-panel door beneath moulded lintel and overlight with geometric glazing bars. 4-pane sashes in original C18 flush wooden architraves with projecting stone sills and painted rubbed-brick flat " H ". arches throughout. Datestone over door inscribed: I T 1799

Stepped eaves. Brick-coped gables. Corniced end stacks. Left return: C20 door in original C18 architrave, cellar window to left with small panes, 12-pane sliding sash to pantry above, large 16-pane first-floor sash in flush wooden blocked opening to left. Attic board door to front range. Interior not inspected: rear wing contains pigeoncote on first floor with full range of nesting boxes.

Listing NGR: SE8061416445