The Ark

TM 58 NW 3/31

KESSINGLAND LONDON ROAD No.33 (The Ark)

II

Farmhouse, latterly 3 cottages. Early C17. Timber framed and plastered with some rope-pattern pargetting at the rear; one gable end is colourwashed brick. Pantiled roof with double Roman tiles to the rear slope. 2 storeys and attic. 3 cell form. At first floor level are 4 original ovolo-moulded mullion and transom windows with moulded sills: one to the front has 4 lights, 3 to the rear have 5 lights. A further original window has been opened out and another is visible inside. The other windows and the entrance doors are mid C20. Internal stack with 4 flues in sawtooth pattern, entirely rebuilt mid C20; gable end stack to left. Good interior with most of the framing exposed, but not the joists. The hall has an ovolo-moulded bridging beam and cornice, and retains the original square-headed entrances (blocked) to the service rooms. The parlour and the chamber over it have ovolo-moulded cross-beamed ceilings. Over the fireplace in the latter room is a painted text (C18?), now somewhat indistinct, but apparently moralistic in content. Original newel stairs and several original doors including that to the attic stair. This house is a fine example of its type in an area where intact timber framed houses are scarce.

Listing NGR: TM5213686689