Frenches Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Frenches Farm

WRENN ID
bitter-transept-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CHIPPERFIELD TOWER HILL TL 00 SW (East side) 6/91 Frenches Farm -

GV II

Farmhouse, now a private house. C17, NW rear wing has carved in brick 'WA 1758', NE rear wing paralled added 1956. Timber frame S range with red brick infill on S, brick cased ground floor, W gable and tile-hung, red brick (? casing) to NW wing. Brick NE wing. Steep old red tile roofs. A 2-storeys, attics and cellar house facing S with 1½ storeys E part and parallel gabled rear extensions. Entrance into N end of W wall of NW rear wing by 6-panel door in open pedimented doorcase. S front has 2 windows to each floor and plank door in middle. C18 2- and 3-light leaded casement windows with metal opening lights and rectangular quarries. N side of block has 2 brick gables with segmental arches to a flush box sash window with 8/8 panes on each floor of each gable. Pump on LH gable. Jowled posts, curved braces to tie-beam, convex curved braces in walls, long cambered collars, and clasped-purlin roof with angled queen-struts. S range has large E end chimney and chimney at junction with NE wing with bread oven. Chamfered crossbeam in NW wing, axial in lower E end part. (RCHM(1911)135 no.6).

Listing NGR: TL0378502212

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