Bailey Hill Farmhouse

TL 74 SW BIRDBROOK Bailey Hill 3/31 Farmhouse

II

House, mid-C17, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Main range of 4 bays aligned approx. NE-SW, aspect NW, with axial chimney stack in second bay from SW end. Rear service wing from NE end with end chimney stack. Single-storey C20 extension beyond, roofed with red clay corrugated tiles. C20 tiled gabled porch to NE. 2 storeys with attics. NW elevation has approx. central C19 4-panel door, in C18 shallow pedimented doorcase. 4 C20 double-hung sash windows of 6 lights on each floor, asymmetrically arranged. Pentice board on NE gable. Interior has axial beams above both floors in main range, above ground floor in service wing, all plain- chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. Exposed joists of vertical section, unchamfered. Primary straight bracing in walls, plastered over. Hearths facing SW at both floors have rounded inside corners. RCHM 13.

Listing NGR: TL7064840072