Castell Farmhouse

RAVENINGHAM BECCLES ROAD TM 49 NW 7/121 Castell Farmhouse 25-9-51 - II

Farmhouse, C16 and later, restored mid C20. Timber framed with red brick gables and additions; steeply pitched pantiled roof. Two storeys and attics, L-shaped plan. Main facade to south-east; three widely spaced windows set in exposed timber frame with colourwashed infill : 4-light casements with Transoms. Polygonal brick angle shafts at gables. Lower storey partly under- built in brickwork. Doorway off-centre to right with rectangular fanlight over battened door. Jettied first floor structure. First floor casements of 5 lights (centre) and 3 lights. Tension braces to studs. Off-centre axial chimney stack with linked lozenge-shaped shafts; one shaft to north with decorative brickwork on moulded base. South gable with tumbling at base and internal chimney stack with lozenge-shaped shafts. Attic casement with glazing bars in gable. North gable has polygonal angle shafts and a large blocked ground floor window with a 6-light mullion and transom frame set in a chamfered reveal with stuccoed ashlaring. Brickwork of gable in English bond with diaper pattering. Red brick rear wing with segmental headed casements and 2-light attic dormer on south-west. Catslide lean-to's in north west angle and flat roofed tile-hung projection. Interior has bridging and tie beams with large chamfers and broach stops; first floor joists with stepped run-out chamfers.

Listing NGR: TM4054895573