Church Farmhouse

TM 04 86 KENNINGHALL CHURCH STREET (north side)

12/55 Church Farmhouse 16/7/58 - II

House, originally Hall house. c.1500, altered C17, additions C18. Timber framed with rendered wattle and daub infill and pantiled roof. Brick plinth, 2 storeys and attic. Door left of centre with early C19 doorcase under segmental hood leads to original screens passage. Jettied hall to right with full height gabled cross wing. 2 early C19 tripartite sashes to ground floor with glazing bars and 4 timber cross casements to first floor with leaded lights. Moulded coved jetty and coved eaves cornice below gabled roof. C18 casement in cross wing gable. One sash window with glazing bars to left of door and 2 to first floor added when this service end altered C18. Brick west gable wall, C18 sash windows and C20 dormer in hipped roof. Moulded eaves cornice. 2 C17 ridge stacks. C20 brick east gable with C20 gabled single storey extension. Roof slope at rear continues down to cover C18 additions under catslide roof enclosing projection of cross gable. Cross wing studding exposed on first floor, the gable head brick filled and pierced by one 5-light diamond mullioned window. Weatherboarded and gabled C18 extension abuts cross wing to left at first floor above hipped C20 extension. C20 fenestration to service end. Interior. C19 staircase inserted into screens passage. Timber framing of heavy scantling with middle rails. One 4-centred arched service door into hall, which has C17 re-used bridging beam. Most roofing replaced C18, originally crown post over hall : crown purlin and 1 arched brace survive in east; clasped purlins to collars above and butt purlins below in west half. Cross wing retains single crown post with arched braces to purlin only.

Listing NGR: TM0403186023