Farmhouse At Cherry Farm

TL 3225 ARDELEY WOOD END (south side)

10/9 Farmhouse at Cherry Farm 22.2.67 (formerly listed as Cherry Tree Farmhouse)

GV II

House. Early C17 incorporating C16 S wing. Timber frame on stepped red brick plinth, roughcast with steep old red tile roofs. A 2-storeys, T-plan, central-chimney, lobby-entry plan house facing E, with single-storey and attic rear service wing. Older crosswing at S end has floors at lower levels and front gable altered to a hip roof. Hall on S of central chimney with spacious stair projecting into rear wing. Kitchen to N of stack with narrow service room at N end. 5-structural bays to front range. 3 windows to each floor on E front with door in line with tall red brick central chimney with moulded base and 5 conjoined diagonal shafts in-line axially. Flush 3-light wooden casement windows with small panes. 4-panel flush-beaded door with inclined hood on shaped brackets. C18 3-light Gothick window on rear wall of chamber over the kitchen. C16 E crosswing has heavy jowled posts, cambered tie-beams, and a side purlin roof. Originally unheated it has an C18 external rear gable chimney serving the ground floor. Side-purlin roof to main range with later arched braces bolted under the truss collars.

Listing NGR: TL3255825377