Petches Bridge Old Farmhouse

TL 63 SE FINCHINGFIELD FETCHES BRIDGE ROAD (west side)

3/71 Petches Bridge Old Farmhouse

• II

Wrongly shown on O.S. map as Southcotts. House. Mid C16, extended in early C17 and C20. Timber framed, plastered with some exposed framing, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2 bays aligned N-S, mid C16, possibly the crosswing of a hall house of which the remainder has disappeared. 2-bay extension to S, early C17, with internal stack at the junction, against E wall. Present entrance elevation to E. C20 single-storey extension to front of left end, C20 semi-circular conservatory to rear. 2 storeys. Ground floor, 2 C20 casements, first floor 3 C20 casements. C20 door at front of tiled gabled porch. Right end of roof hipped. Exposed close studding on right return wall, and original sprockets there and at rear. Exposed studding on left return wall, with some replacement timber. The interior has jowled posts, chamfered axial beams, plain joists (of large horizontal section in right bays, smaller square section in left end). At right end, exposed studding with curved tension braces trenched to the inside, a complete unglazed window with 3 diamond mullions, and a crownpost roof formerly having shallow axial braces (replaced in modern timber). At left end, clasped purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL6991830875