Lower House Farmhouse

EASTHAM CP - SO 66 NE

5/33 Lower House Farmhouse

6.10.52

GV II*

Farmhouse. c1750. Handmade brick, plain tiled roof with parapets at gable ends and brick end stacks. Two storeys, attic and cellar with chamfered plinth and moulded eaves cornice. 2:3:2 bays; the central three break forward and are surmounted by a tall shaped gable; windows all have moulded architraves; outer bays have 12-pane sash windows with gauged flat heads on both floors; windows of central part have cambered heads, the outer ones on both main floors are narrow 8-pane sashes; they flank the central first floor 12-pane sash, above which is a similar round-headed sash in the gable, and also the central 8-panelled entrance door which also has a cambered head. Attic lights in gable ends. Interior: noted as having retained its oak staircase with turned balusters; parlour retains its original panelling and moulded cornice all in bold relief; it has a moulded stone fireplace flanked by giant spiral pilasters on high fluted pedestals. The rest of the interior is said to be virtually unaltered. Rear wings at centre and right. On bricks either side of the main entrance door are carved the initials "BS" and "AS"; the initials "MS" are also carved on the right side of the gabled central part at about first floor level; these initials are said to refer to the Stafford family. Inspected inside. (VCH 4, p 266; BoE, p 140).

Listing NGR: SO6762668098