Great Quebb Farmhouse And Adjoining Outbuilding And Garden Wall

Great Quebb Farmhouse, now divided into two houses, stands with an adjoining outbuilding and garden wall. The farmhouse has origins dating back to around 1400, with significant extensions and rebuilding in the late 16th century, further alterations in the 17th century, and additions from the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. It’s constructed with a timber frame on a rubble base, roughcast externally, and has a slate roof with two brick stacks on the north-west side of the ridge. The main block comprises four framed bays, including a passage bay, aligned north-east/south-west. A cross-wing, likely of two framed bays, projects at the south-west end and has an external rubble chimney with a brick stack in its south-east angle. The south-west end shows exposed timber framing, with two rows of panelling at ground floor level. The first floor is jettied to the south-west and at the south-east end on shaped brackets with a chamfered bressummer. The north-west front has three ground floor and four first-floor three-light casement windows. An entrance in the second bay is sheltered by a gabled canopy supported on console brackets, and features a 17th-century door with strap hinges. The gable end of the cross-wing has a ground-floor square light and a first-floor two-light casement with a transom light. A further entrance is located in the side elevation of the cross-wing, with a 20th-century door. A lean-to addition extends from the rear left of the main range and the south-west side of the cross-wing.

Internally, the main range retains the remains of at least one cruck truss and a pair of archways with four-centred heads on both floors. A 17th-century dog-leg staircase is present, complete with pierced splat balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newels with turned finials. The cross-wing includes a ground floor room lined with 17th-century panelling and an early 18th-century fireplace with a panelled overmantel.

The adjoining outbuilding is located at the north-east end and is constructed with a timber frame and weatherboard cladding on a rubble base, with a stone tiled roof laid in diminishing courses. It has two framed bays over two levels. The north-west elevation features a six-pane window, a gabled dormer with a loft opening, a large archway, and a doorway.

A rubble garden wall adjoins the south-west end, standing approximately 12 feet high, running southwest for about 10 yards and returning southeast for about 40 yards. Along the southeast side of the section adjoining Great Quebb Farmhouse are 12 square bee-boles arranged in two tiers.