Pumphouse Farmhouse

HANBURY CP PUMPHOUSE LANE (south side) SO 96 SE 4/111 (15/13) Pumphouse Farmhouse 20.1.76 GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C17, altered and extended c1700, mid-C19 and mid-C20. Part timber-framed with painted brick infill, part brick (some handmade) with sandstone dressings; plain tiled roofs, hipped to north wing. Probably a former hall and cross-wing plan; cross-wing of two framed bays aligned north/south with two external chimneys to west side elevation, one of dressed sandstone with paired C19 diagonal brick shafts, the other all C19 brick; the hall has been replaced by a mainly C19 L-shaped addition, the main range of which runs parallel to the cross-wing and is of three bays with a two-bay east return and, at return junction, has a large sand- stone chimney with brick ridge stack. Two storeys, attic with dormer, and cellar. Framing: two large square panels from sill to girding-beam, three small square panels from girding-beam to wall-plate; collar and tie-beam truss at south gable end with two collars and five struts to lower collar, three to upper collar and concave-sided V-strut in apex; north gable end rebuilt in brick. South elevation: timber-framed gable end to left has a C20 glazed lean-to addition at ground-floor level, a 3-light first-floor casement and an attic light; C19 gable end to right has a ground-floor 2- light and a 3-light casement, the former with cambered head, the latter set within a blocked doorway with a pointed-arched hood mould; above is a 3- light casement with a cambered head and a brick stack. A C20 single-storey wing adjoins to right. North elevation of east return has sandstone quoins, a 3-light and a 4-light stone splayed-mullioned ground-floor window, two first-floor 3-light casements with cambered heads, a hipped roof dormer with a 3-light casement, and to the right a large blocked doorway with sandstone quoins and lintel and an inserted C20 door. Interior: the timber-framed wing has a close-studded east side elevation with a 5-light wood-mullioned window to the south bay. The house was once part of the Vernon Estate.

Listing NGR: SO9545663266