Puddleford Farmhouse And Adjoining Cider House And Hop Kilns

EASTHAM CP - SO 66 NE

5/39 Puddleford Farmhouse and adjoining cider house and hop kilns (formerly 6.10.52 listed as Puddleford Farmhouse)

GV II*

Farmhouse and adjoining cider house and hop kilns, now converted into two dwellings. c1600 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber- framed, brick infill, replacement walling and additions; plain tiled roofs. T-plan; main part of three framed bays aligned east/west with single-bay wing to rear centre to west of which is a timber-framed lean-to; main part has a central chimney with four star-shaped stacks forming a lobby entrance with a porch wing. Two storeys and attic. Framing: two rows of close-set studding at ground floor level, three rows of square panels at first floor level; collar and tie-beam trusses with two collars, six struts to lower and two to upper collar, raking struts at sides and V-strut in apex; porch wing has jettied first floor, moulded bressummer on shaped brackets and coved at sides; roof truss above has two collars, decorative raking struts beneath lower collar and two struts above. South front elevation: one 2-light and two 3-light ground floor casements, (one with a cambered head) and a 3-light and a 2-light first floor casement; porch has a 2-light first floor casement, an attic light and a moulded square-headed entrance arch and C17 door within. Interior not inspected but noted as having back-to-back fireplaces. A timber- framed two-bay two-storey wing adjoins to the west, possibly a former cider house. It has four panels from sill to wall-plate and a tie-beam truss with latticed struts in its gable end. The front elevation has four ground and five first-floor windows; all are 2-light casements. The two hop kilns adjoin to rear of wing; square plan with slate pyramidal roofs and inserted C20 casements. (VCH 4, p 266; BoE p 140.)

Listing NGR: SO6843767992