Vine Farmhouse

ELDERSFIELD CP B 4208 (off) SO 73 SE 6/75 Vine Farmhouse - II

House. Possibly C14 with late C16 and C17 alterations. Timber-framing with some brick infill and tile roof. Hall and north cross-wing form an L-plan. South cross-wing added in C17 to form half-H plan, with parallel wing of same build against east wall of hall. Two storeys: East wall has, at the left, the two gables of the south cross-wing and the parallel wing. Each is of one bay and is framed in square panels. At the junction of the two wings is a gabled porch: The gable of the north cross-wing, at the right, has a C20 bay window on the ground floor. On the first floor are two curved tension braces. The truss has a king-strut and two curved struts between tie-beam and collar. Chimneys on right-hand return wall of wing projecting from hall, and on main ridge in line with doorway. Interior: the base of one cruck truss is visible in front of the inglenook fireplace in the hall. The inserted ceiling has a chamfered spine beam: The chamfered common joists are laid flat and are supported by clamps attached to the outer walls. In the attic the tops of the cruck blades are visible: they are joined by a yoke and are smoke-blackened. A truss at the junction with the cross- wing has smoke-blackened principals. This is not fully visible and it is not clear whether it is a cruck.

Listing NGR: SO7894530357