Chapman'S Farmhouse

TL 3257-3357 14/12

BOURN ALMS HILL No. 151 (Chapman's Farmhouse)

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Farmhouse. Dated 1664, on plastered chimney plaque; alterations and additions c.1860. Timber-framed with rough cast render. Modern plain tile roof with apex finials. Tall, central ridge stack with moulded red brick cornice, partly plastered and rebuilt. One storey and attics, two unit, lobby entry plan with C19 rear kitchen wing built of Bourn great bricks. Symmetrical facade with C19 two storey gabled porch, with shaped bargeboard and finial and balustered lights, boarded and filleted door. Two ground floor casement windows, one casement window above porch and two casement dormer windows. Interior has sealed inglenook hearths, deep plaster frieze (qv Bourn Hall) to south room, original bolection moulded doors, and boarded doors; boxed ceiling beams.

R.C.H.M. West Cambs. p25, mon.11, plates 33 and 124. V.C.H. Vol. V, pp4, 11

Listing NGR: TL3268257359