Stonehouse Farm House Opposite Church Lane

TL 4422 LITTLE HADHAM STORTFORD ROAD (south side)

8/10 Stonehouse Farm house opposite Church Lane -

• II

House. Late C17. 2 storeys, 3 windows, timberframed and plastered, facing W. Steep old red tiled gabled roof continued as catslide over contemporary rear outshot. Large C18 hipped tiled dormer on rear slope on S side. External red brick gable chimneys, larger on S, in English bond with plinth offset. Symmetrical double-fronted house with central stair and passage. Parlour in N room. Dairy on N and kitchen on S in shallower rear part. Modern glazed extension to kitchen. 3-light C19 wooden casements to upper floor, 2-light over central door. Modern windows on Ground floor and small gabled porch to plank door. On N wall dairy has an original 5-light unglazed mullioned wooden window, with metal gauze outside and hinged shutter inside. Chamfered axial beams to Ground floor. Clasped purlin roof with high-set purlins. Parlour has moulded and panelled dado rail and fine late C17 corner cupboard with ovolo-moulded 2-panel door with H hinges and varied panels with applied blocks to give an eared or a cross-shaped outline. Plank doors. A house is shown on this site in Clintons Estate map of 1588 (HRO). This house is said to have been called 'Stane Farm' after Stane Street immediately to N. A well with modern curb on S side of house.

Listing NGR: TL4463022528