Church Farmhouse

TL 521 091 HIGH LAVER Church Farmhouse 5/8 II

House, late C16, extended and altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered with some framing exposed externally, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays aligned approx. E-W, aspect S, with axial chimney stack in second bay from W. Single storey with attics. 2 storey crosswing to E, C20. Gabled porch with door to E, 4 casement windows, all C20. First floor, one C20 casement window and 2 more in hipped dormers. Chimney shafts of T-plan. Roof half-hipped at W end. Some framing exposed internally. Jowled posts, arched braces to wallplates, clasped purlin roof, not smoke-blackened. Inserted floor in 'hall' with axial beam plain-chamfered with lamb's tongue steps, exposed joists of vertical section unchamfered. Winding stair to N of chimney stack giving access to upper rooms each side of stack, early C17. This houses appears to have been built originally with a brick chimney stack in a 'hall' open to the roof with 2 storeyed ends, floor inserted in hall and winding stair added in early C17. RCHM 5.

Listing NGR: TL5212209064