Dukes Farmhouse

TL 50 NE WILLINGALE DUKES LANE (North side) ) Dukes Farmhouse 5/112 27.8.57

II*

House, c.1400 middle C15 and early C16. Timber framed and plastered with gabled peg tile roofs. H plan house with jettied crosswings at east and west ends and timber frame exposed on first floor of front. Very large rear wall stack of early C16 rebuilt top half with small square flue. East crosswing has C17 stack against flank with 2 tall diagonal shafts. C20 stack against flank of west crosswing. Windows are mixture of timber casements C20 on front with leaded lights and C20 bay window with peg tile lean-to roof under east wing jetty. Old rear arched door head exposed on back. East crosswing is earliest build probably c.1400.with soffit tenons, steeply cambered tiebeam with traces of C17 painting and cross quadrant crownpost. The rear was half- hipped with gablet but has been altered and extended. Service west cross- wing of middle C15 has central tenons with soffit shoulders to floor joists and simple crownpostroof with bracing down to flanking studs. The 2 storey main block of early C16 has four way braced central crownpost, with brace- supporting step at half height. Muntin and panel screens partition in-situ, arch braces to tiebeam and soffit tenon with diminished haunch floor joists. Bridging joist has late C16 moulded corbel block. Some old doors included C17 8- panel examples. C17 staircase tower on rear with fragments of contemporary handrail. Remains of probable moat. (RCHM 10).

Listing NGR: TL5944207948