Old Hill Farm

TL 12 SE 4/30 16.11.79

KINGS WALDEN LOWER ROAD (East side) Breachwood Green Nos. 3/5 (Old Hill Farm)

II

House. C17 hall range formerly jettied to front; W crosswing mid/later C17; C18 brick underbuilding of jetty casing of ground floor of wing and E end and rear extension to wing. Timber frame exposed on 1st floor, red brick ground floor and rear part of wing, remains of roughcast to E end. Steep old red tile roofs. A 2-storeys L-shaped house facing N. 2-bays hall range is of 2 unequal structural bays with axial floor beams, former continuous front jetty, entrance now into E side of larger W bay which has a large formerly external W gable chimney, and rear door opposite. Trimming for stair in NW corner of smaller E bay. Second chimney to serve wing added onto back of W stack and crosswing of one large bay built to W without a jetty and leaving space in front and to rear of joint stack for lobby-entry? and stair? N front has 3 windows to each floor. 3-lights flush casement windows with divided panes. Door in middle of hall range. Cruciform large chimney above roof. Interior has exposed structural timbers with hall range having jowled posts, straight tension-braces to walls, axial floor beams. Crosswing has jowled posts, the same long tension braces to walls, and clasped-purlin roof on gable truss with collar.

Listing NGR: TL1549322140