Dewlands Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Farmhouse.
Dewlands Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- slow-string-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dewlands Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the early 16th century, with significant later alterations, while the front range was built in the early 19th century. The building is timber-framed, rendered, and has plain tile roofs, along with red and white brick stacks. The rear range features a cross wing to the right, and the current front range may be on the site of a former second cross wing. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a five-window facade on the front range, which includes central panelled double doors set in a pilastered doorcase with a hood. There are narrow 8-pane sash windows in the second and fourth bays, while the other windows are 12-pane sashes in flush frames with sills. The front range has an overhanging hipped roof with a white brick stack on the rear pitch.
On the garden front of the rear wing, there is a 20th-century conservatory attached to the right, and a lobby entry with an off-centre 20th-century door. The windows here are 20th-century casements with leaded lights, and the roof is steeply pitched and hipped at the front, with an off-centre stack that has been rebuilt in white brick. The cross wing at the rear has a gabled roof and a catslide roof over the former hall section. There is also a brick lean-to addition on the right, which is not of special interest.
Inside the rear range, the stack was likely inserted into a former cross passage. The interior was remodelled in the 20th century, with part of the cross wing ceiling removed to create an open stair hall. A large red brick stack has been partly rebuilt. The chamfered tie beam of the cross wing has mortices for missing arch braces. The first-floor room to the left of the stack features an ovolo and hollow chamfered beam and moulded joists with tongue stops. The roof has been remodelled to form a hip, but the post above the cross wing tie beam may be a vestigial crown post. The front range includes early 19th-century details such as fireplaces and a staircase with carved tread ends and a wreathed handrail. Part of the property is located in Higham parish.
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