Clarks Farmhouse

BELCHAMP WALTER NORTH ROAD TL 84 SW

1/32 Clarks Farmhouse 7.8.52 - II

Farmhouse. C15 or earlier and late C16. Timber framed and plastered with gabled peg tile roofs. Of one storey and attics with some parts 2 storey and of extremely complex plan form. Basically an 'in line' hall house form with low eaves line but with 2 gabled flush crosswings superimposed on the front. These have original bargeboards and a carved interlocking decoration. One wing protrudes to the rear of the similar bargeboards. A large stack with 4 truncated octagonal shafts stands on the ridge line, above the northern crosswing. The front has an off-centre C20 lean-to porch, C19 mullion and transomed casements and a gabled dormer between the gabled wings. At the south end is a 2 storey gabled peg tile roofed structure, possibly a garderobe tower. A large C17, 2 storey extension extends to the north east and there are further rear lean-to's and extensions. Internally there are traces of a late medieval hall house, including a steeply cambered hall tie beam. The inserted C17 floor has stop chamfered joists. Some late C18 features including a fire surround, some doors and an arch headed recess with serpentine shelves. An internal staircase of spiral form has a curious moulded handrail of indeterminate date. RCHM 9.

Listing NGR: TL8208041457