Quaker'S Farmhouse

SO 23 NE MICHAELCHURCH ESCLEY CP -

1/54 Quaker's Farmhouse 29/9/52 - - II

Farmhouse. Probably C17. Rubble stone, concrete pantiled roof, 2 end stacks one to each wing: that to rear left gable has diamond angled shafts. L-plan (main entrance facing roughly south) with contemporary or C18 lean- to to right wing and single storey mid-C19 extension to right of junction of 2 wings. One storey and attic; 3 windows, those in main entrance front to south have hoods: 2-light C17 windows with chamfered frame to left side of ground floor; lean-to has 3-light C19 casement with 2-light C17 windows above and to the left, C19 3-light casement above porch which has concrete tiled roof and is supported under the right hand corner by a C17 chamfered post and lit from the front by a 2-light C19 window with contemporary 4- panelled door leading to C17 nail-studded front door. Interior: close- set joists and chamfered beams to main front rooms, C17 reputed silk cupboard with contemporary balusters and panelling to principal rear room in left wing to west. First storey of each wing is divided longitudinally, in part by plank and muntin partitions, straight C19 staircase at junction of 2 wings. Roof trusses have similar contemporary trusses: raking struts from collars and plain collar A-frames with ties.

Listing NGR: SO2994136409