Farmbuilding South Of Grimston Hall

TM 23 NE 1125/2/10004

TRIMLEY ST MARTIN GRIMSTON LANE Farmbuilding South of Grimston Hall

GV II

Farm building, probably originally a stable. Early C16 with C18 alterations and C18/C19 additions. Original brick ground storey and timber-framed upper storey with brick nogging, visible on north side within later lean-to additions. West gable end rendered. Remaining 2 sides rebuilt in red brick in C18. Additions in red brick and tarred weatherboards. Clay pantiled roofs. 2 storeys. South wall has various small windows and one diamond ventilation opening. On the west gable end is a wide ground floor doorway and an C18 enclosed stair to the upper floor. Former outside wall within north lean-to has an original blocked S-light window with heavy chamfered mullions, and on the upper floor good heavy close studding with further blocked window openings. INTERIOR. The timber frame is in 4 bays, a 5th bay to the east now missing. There is no evidence of internal partitions on either floor, nor of the original stair. Plain but substantial upper floor structure, the main beams with very shallow wide chamfers. South wallplate has evidence for 2 diamond-mullioned windows. Long arched braces to tie beams. Intact crown-post roof, the plain square crown posts with 2-way plank bracing to the collar purlin and a pair of down braces to the tie beam. HISTORY .This is the only surviving building of the farmstead associated the Elizabethan Grimston Hall, the home of Thomas Cavendish, which was replaced by the present farmhouse around 1700.

Listing NGR: TM2688036583