Aylett'S Farmhouse

TL 82 NW GREENSTEAD GREEN AND HALSTEAD RURAL 5/131 Aylett's Farmhouse

GV II

House. Circa 1600, altered in early C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. Main range facing SE, with axial stack near right end, full-length catslide extension to rear, with C20 internal stack in the left flank. An early C19 wing extends forward at the right end, with an external stack at the gable end, and a partly rendered brick catslide extension to the left. 2 storeys. The front elevation of the original range has on the ground floor one C19 horizontal sash of 24 lights and one early C19 sash of 16 lights, and on the first floor one C19/20 casement and one C18 3-light casement with rectangular leading and an inserted C19 wooden casement. Flush 4-panel door, the upper panels glazed, in lean-to porch in S angle. The NE elevation has on the ground floor one C20 casement, and one mid-C19 sash of long vertical panes with marginal lights and handmade glass, and on the first floor 2 mid-C19 sashes of 6 lights and one of 4 lights, with handmade glass. Central 5-panel door, the top 3 panels glazed, with mid-C19 moulded flat canopy on scrolled brackets, and 2 stone steps. The main block is of good quality timber framing. The early C19 staircase has slender straight balusters, and a narrow handrail with spiral termination at the newel.

Listing NGR: TL8031228592