Church House Farmhouse

STOKE BLISS CP STOKE BLISS SO 66 SE 7/53 Church House Farmhouse 6.10.52

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. C17, with mid-C19 and late C20 alterations. Part timber-framed with rendered infill on rubble base, part rendered rubble with plain tiled roofs. Hall and cross-wing plan. Hall part of probably two bays aligned east/west; external rubble chimney with brick stack adjoins north side. Cross-wing of two bays adjoins east end with external chimney on east side. Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: hall part has three panels from sill to wall-plate and short straight upper corner braces. Cross- wing has two large panels from sill to wall-plate, a short straight braces in the upper left corner of the north elevation and a long straight brace across the lower right corner of the upper right panels. Collar and tie- beam truss above with four struts below collar and V-struts above. North front elevation: windows are C20 replacements, hall part has a 3-light case- ment, an 8-pane window and a rectangular window on the ground floor and two gabled dormers with 2-light casements. Cross-wing gable end has a 2-light and a single-light window on the ground floor and two attic lights. At the right side is the present main entrance which has a glazed C20 door and lean to canopy on a timber post; the canopy is continued to the external chimney. Attic light at west end. Also single-storey rubble wing at west end with rectangular light and recessed ledged and battened door. (VCH, IV, p 349).

Listing NGR: SO6520962836