Farmhouse At Rotten Row Farm (Along Track 1100 Metres North Of Pelham Road)

Bozen Green TL 42 NW BRAUGHING ROTTEN ROW (east side)

3/4 Farmhouse at Rotten Row Farm 19.10.51 (along track 1100m N of Pelham Road)

GV II

House. Late medieval hall house, altered in each century after. Timber frame roughcast with steep pitched slate roof. Rear wing has old red tiles. 2-bay former open-hall plan house with 2- storeys crosswing at W end, of 2-bays. In late C16 hall partly floored. In early C17 wing extended to rear by 2 bays with large central chimney serving both parts, service rooms probably to W of hall demolished and large chimney built at W end of hall. In later C17 a NW wing built in the angle of the existing wings. In the early C18 a staircase was inserted opposite the now central front door and the front wall was heightened. The S front is of 2 storeys, 3-windows wide. Flush box sash windows with 8/8 panes, but 6/6 over door. Glazed door with small panes and fanlight under gabled glazed porch. 3-light casement windows to L-shaped wing on NE. Probably the manor house of Hotofts manor (VCH (1912) 308 and 314: RCHM (1911) 69: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL4164827331