High House Farmhouse

NEEN SOLLARS

SO67SE High House Farmhouse 582-1/6/172 15/03/74

GV II

Farmhouse now house. Early C17 with earlier wing and later alterations. Painted timber frame and painted render with painted rendered plinth. Gabled plain-tile roof hipped to east. Stone stack with C20 ridge chimney. 3-bay range with former baffle entrance in right-hand bay and with earlier 2-bay range forming cross wing to right. EXTERIOR: 2-storey. South front with square framing 5 panels high with straight tension brace to left. Framing underbuilt to right with rendered masonry painted in imitation of timber frame. 3 C20 metal casements with leaded lights with single earlier casement to centre right. Left-hand gable end with square framing 5 panels high with straight tension braces at first floor. Gable-end truss of tie beam, twin collars and vertical struts. Single 2-light casement at first-floor level. Twin trenched-purlin roof evident. Right-hand side: wall frame of the earlier cross wing bays with square framing 3 panels high. Rear: 3 bays of main range square-framed with twin straight tension braces at both storeys in middle bay. 3 casements. Ground floor covered by C20 lean-to extension. To left is gable-end of earlier cross wing with square framing, cambered tie beam, vertical struts and collar. C20 casements at both floors. INTERIOR: ground-floor middle bay with twin chamfered bridging beams with stepped concave chamfer stops. Large ashlar stack with back-to-back inglenooks and chamfered mantelbeams with ogee chamfer stops.

Listing NGR: SO6620672362