Knight'S Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Knight'S Farmhouse

WRENN ID
fading-alcove-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

House. Dating from the 17th century, it was altered in the 18th, early 19th, and 20th centuries. The house is timber-framed and originally clad with gault brick in Flemish bond, with painted brick and plaster sections, and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main south-facing range has six bays and two axial chimney stacks, plus one at the rear front right corner. A single-storey extension to the left was added in 1938. A shorter, parallel range is set to the rear, dating from the 18th century, with a red brick external stack near the left end, and single-storey lean-to extensions nearby. A 20th-century rear wing is located at the right end, with one internal chimney stack, and a lean-to conservatory to the right. The main range has a six-window front with 20th-century sash windows in early 19th-century openings. The central door has six panels to each side, panelled jambs, a soffit, a moulded flat canopy, and an early 19th-century hinged roller blind. The roof is hipped. Inside the main range, one transverse beam is visible and chamfered without stops; two others are concealed. The timber frame, originally close-studded, is largely hidden by panelling and plaster. The roof is constructed with joggled butt-purlins and vertically set rafters, incorporating numerous reused rafters from a medieval crownpost roof, some displaying smoke-blackening.

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