Huck'S Farmhouse And Adjoining Dairy Range

SO 75 NE WICHENFORD CP off WILLOW ROAD (south side)

3/139 Huck's Farmhouse and adjoining dairy range

GV II

Farmhouse and dairy range. C17, with early C19 alterations and additions. Part timber-framed, painted brick infill, part brick, double span roof, slate to front range, tiled at rear, end brick stacks with offsets. Two parallel ranges of 3 bays on a north-west/south-east axis, the south-east range incor- porating much of the earlier farmhouse. Three storeys. Framing: irregular panels, mainly 5 from sill to original wall-plate with long, straight braces in lower outer corners of ground and first floor levels; queen strut trusses in gable ends. Front elevation to south-east: completely altered during early C19 and the roof raised to create a symmetrical facade of the appropriate proportions. Ground floor has bay window to left and C20 casement to right; first floor outer windows are 20-pane sashes with a central 16-pane sash; second floor has outer 15-pane sashes and a central 12-pane sash. Central doorway; door is 6-panelled, raised and fielded, upper panels are glazed; trellised timber porch with a swept lead canopy and scalloped decoration. Interior retains some stop-chamfered beams. A brick range adjoins right side elevation; a former dairy, scullery and probably for hop drying. Two storeys with dentilled eaves cornice. Three bays with outshut to rear. Front elevation has 3 ground floor casements with cambered heads and 3 first floor casements. Interior has timber-framed partitions.

Listing NGR: SO7677758017