Harlequin House And Flint Wall To North East

Harlequin House is a farmhouse located on Abbey Street in Ickleton, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with an earlier 17th-century street range and later alterations and additions from the late 18th or early 19th century. The building features a mix of timber framing and plaster, with 19th-century gault brick and painted brick casing, as well as flint with gault brick dressings. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and slates.

The house is two storeys tall with attics. The main range, oriented northwest to southeast, consists of three units that were refaced in the 19th century, presenting a symmetrical garden facade with an entrance that includes a glazed door, sidelights, and a fanlight. There are two bay windows on either side with shallow tented roofs, and three first-floor windows that are segmental-headed hung sashes with margin glazing bars. The left gable end has a stack and a shallow parapet, while the right side features a ridge stack.

The street-facing range has three bays, with three ground floor and three first-floor windows that are horizontal sliding sashes and casements set in segmental brick arches. The gables have parapets, and there is a large rectangular stack on the right with a dentil cornice and two diagonal shafts connected by a flying arch at the top. The main entrance is located at the rear, featuring a six-panelled door in a two-storey gabled extension at the junction of the original ranges.

Inside, the building showcases exposed timber framing and early 19th-century Gothic details. There is an overmantel in the street range with a plastered plaque dated 1634, featuring strapwork in low relief, although it is not in its original position. The garden boundary wall, constructed from flint with gault brick dressings and moulded brick coping, consists of six bays.