Tunbridge Farmhouse

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TL 5866 15/26

BURWELL LOW ROAD (west side) No 116, Tunbridge Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as No 116 (Turnbridge Farmhouse))

II Farmhouse, early and late C17. Originally the manor house of St Omars manor. Two storeys and attics. Early C17 clunch cross-wing to north with quoins and parapet to west rebuilt in small local, late C17 bricks; flint foundations and brick band to stepped clunch plinth; some original ovolo mullioned casement windows, and C19 or modern replacements. Range to south late C17, small local bricks coursed in English bond; brick plinth, sawtooth eaves cornice and parapet gable to south; roof raised in C19 on front elevation; windows sealed or with later, C19 replacements, one original casement with lattice lights in south gable. Two fine, square stacks with sawtooth cornice and one, or two blind round-headed arches on each face. Stack to right hand behind ridge has lower courses of clunch. Front elevation has three, three-light first floor casement windows, and three ground floor casement windows. Cross wing has two stone mullioned three-light casement windows. Main entrance to left of centre has brick pilasters supporting a projecting hood of three recessed brick courses with a lead cover. It is possible that the cross-wing was the parlour wing to an earlier hall replaced late in C17 by the south range. Interior has large sealed cooking hearth and exposed floor frame.

RCHM, North-East Cambs, p.35, mon. 41 Lucas C. The Fenman's World, p.101, 1930 Pevsner. Buildings of England Series, p.312

Listing NGR: TL5847066731