Church Farmhouse

TM 07 NW BLO' NORTON THE STREET

8/5 Church Farmhouse (formerly listed 21/7/51 as Church Farmhouse and barns) - II*

Farmhouse. Late C15, altered early C18. Timber framed with plastered wattle and daub infill and pantiled roofs. T plan, the stem originally a first floor hall of C15, the cross wing to north altered C18. 2 storeys. East front with central door with 4-light C18 timber cross casement to left. Rectangular pargetting to plaster. Jettied first floor with rod moulded bressummer. 2 C16 casements to first floor. Gabled roof. North cross wing with C18 casements to south, C20 to north and stepped C16 external stack. Gabled roof. Southern extension early C18 blacksmiths' with diamond stopped bridging beams and fire- place, the stack of which incorporates original hall stack. Gabled roof of black glazed pantiles. 2 gabled cross wings to west of original range, that to south C18 with stepped external stack. Northern cross wing original with 2 C18 casements. Interior of lounge has fine bridging beam with 5 rolls, lower fillet and tongue stops. Joists similar with rolled side chamfers. Close studding of frame partly exposed but complete. Excellent roof of 4 crown posts of square section with 4 arched braces carried on square jowled fillets. Crown purlin and collars intact, the former with face-halved scarf joint.

Listing NGR: TM0121979793