Old Greenend Farmhouse

TL 01 NW KENSWORTH COMMON ROAD

42/1030 Old Greenend Farmhouse

• II

Farmhouse. Probably C16, extended in early C19. Timber frame faced in painted brick; extended in Flemish bond painted brick. Plain tile roofs with gabled ends. Brick gable end and axial stacks. Plan: L-shaped on plan. 2-room plan front range with central entrance, both rooms heated from gable end stacks; the left room is an early C19 extension or rebuild (brick at rear inscribed A E 1827). Long wing at rear of right hand room contains timber framing and has later, partly rebuilt, extension at its south end. Exterior: 2 storey. Asymmetrical 3-window north front range. C20 2 and 3-light casements, ground floor left C19 16-pane sash. Central doorway with pilastered doorcase, bracketed canopy, rectangular overlight and glazed and panelled door. On left of front a brick platband at first floor level. Left gable end has some exposed timber framing and external brick stack with set-offs. Right hand gable end has hatch to attic in gable with small plank door. Long single storey and attic wing at rear with C20 casements, flat roof dormer and roof light; south end rebuilt in brick. Interior: Chamfered and stopped ceiling beams. Exposed timber frame with jowled posts and curved braces to tie-beams, collars with clasped purlins and curved wind-braces.

Listing NGR: TL0210818369