Home Farmhouse

LEIGHTON AND EATON LEIGHTON SJ 60 NW CONSTANTINE C.P. 2/103 Home Farmhouse 29.1.52 GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Mid-C14, extended late C16, re-faced in brick early to mid-C18. Red brick, largely concealing and partly replacing timber frame, plain tile roof. L-plan developing from 2-bay open hall aligned north-south with 4-bay range added at right-angles in late C16, mid-C19 addition to rear of C14 part. 2 storeys; framing: exposed to back wall of C16 range, 2 square panels above high (probably later) brick plinth, short straight tension braces; irregular fenestration, 4 mid-C19 casements below eaves to long range and one casement with segmental head to each side of roughly central mid-C19 four-panel door on ground floor, gable to left has one segmental-headed casement to each floor; massive external brick end stack to right (probably C17) with twin diamond shafts, prominent external stack to back wall of long range also with 2 diamond shafts and lateral stack to left of medieval range (the tops of all the stacks have been re-built in mid- C19 yellowish brown brick). Interior: chamfered cross-beam ceiling to left of entrance and chamfered ceiling beams with ogee stops to other rooms in C16 range; infilled inglenook fireplace to back wall and several C17 plank doors with pointed strap hinges throughout; main feature of interest is the central crown-post truss to C14 range (visible in attic), plain crown-post with chamfered collar purlin, cambered tie beam and cusped struts; Queen-strut roof in 4 bays to C16 range has double purlins and straight windbraces.

Listing NGR: SJ6152505304