Heath End Farmhouse

SNITTERFIELD

SP26SW HEATH END 1457-1/6/120 (North East side) Heath End Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Later C17 with earlier C19 alterations and extension. Timber-frame with brick infill and brick refronting; tile roof with 2 brick cross-axial stacks with diagonal shafts and caps. 3-unit plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. Stone plinth and top modillioned brick cornice; recessed right-end unit. Segmental-headed entrance to right of centre has lean-to canopy over plank door; signs of blocked entrance to left. Windows have tile sills; ground floor has central segmental-headed window, formerly wider, with 3-light casement, window to left with rubbed brick cambered arch over 3-light small-paned glazing with iron opening casement, and window to right with rubbed brick cambered arch over 3-light casement; first floor has central window with 4-light small-paned glazing with iron opening casement, windows to left and right with 3-light casements, that to right with rubbed brick cambered arch. Gabled roof. Left return has high brick plinth to 3-panel-high square framing. Rear has square framing but left-end unit of brick with top modillioned brick casement; single-storey gabled projection has through passageway adjoining early C19 stable and a small lean-to projection to left. Entrance to right of centre has 3-light small-paned casement to its right, now in late C20 glazed sun room; 2-light window over projection; left end has window with rubbed brick cambered arch over 3-light casement to each floor. Right return is timber-framed with attached late C18 and early C19 stable and cart sheds. INTERIOR: large broadly-chamfered beams and timber-framed cross wall to left of entrance passage; large fireplace with bressumer to right end room.

Listing NGR: SP2310060880