Catts Hill Farmhouse

CLOPTON CLOPTON GREEN TM 25 SW (West Side) 8/15 Catts Hill Farmhouse 16/3/66 (formerly listed as Catts Hill Farmhouse and barn to - II north)

Farmhouse. C16 with C17 and C18 additions. Timber framed with cement render and a plain tiled roof. Two storeys with attic, 3-cell C16 plan with 2 added C17 cells. Entrance front: projecting single-storey porch at left of centre with a glazed door. All fenestration on this front of C19 or C20 date. Three-light C20 casement to left of the door and two 3-light and one 4-light C19 casements. To the first floor are two 3-light, one 4- light and one 2-light windows above the porch. To the ridge at left of centre is a chimney stack with rectangular base with moulded top supporting 6 circular flues of richly moulded bricks showing lions, crosses and roses in relief with acanthus leaves to the bases. At right, below the ridge, is a single-flue C19 stack. At right is a C17 addition with two ground floor 3-light C19 casements. To far right is a C19 or C20 lean-to addition with a 3-light casement. Right hand gable end: lean-to with two 2-light casements at either side of French windows in the lean-to. To the first floor is a 3-light casement. To the ridge at left is a cross-axial stack with two diamond-section flues, largely rebuilt in the C20. Rear: 5-light window to C17 portion at right with central glazed door. To left of this a 4-light, a 3-light and a 2-light casement of C19 or C20 date. To the first floor are four 3-light casements. The C17 portion at left of this has a stable door at right and at left of this a 3-light semi-dormer window with flat head. The C19 lean-to at left has a 4-light bay window.

Interior: chamfered beams to the ground floor with jewelled and die-out ogee end stops. Close. studded walling. Baffle-entry lobby has winder staircase leading out of it with C19 treads. Jowled wall posts to first floor and one 4-centered chimney arch with moulded brick surround. Wide floorboards and 3 plank doors with moulded muntins.

Listing NGR: TM2157154517