Lodge Farmhouse

HORHAM THE STREET TM 27 SW 5/55 Lodge Farmhouse II Farmhouse. Mid C16 with slightly later former dairy wing to rear. A further rear wing was under construction at the time of survey (October 1986). Timber framed; at the front the ground floor is clad in colourwashed brick and the first floor has exposed studding, the studs re-faced in mid C20. Most of the remainder is plastered. Both the brickwork and plasterwork have a modern textured coating. Wavy bargeboards. Pantiled roof, with concrete tiles at the front and clay tiles at the rear. 2 storeys and attic. A long 3-cell range. 4 windows, mid C20 standard casements with small panes. Lobby entrance: 2-storey plastered and gabled porch with mid C20 entrance door. Internal stack, most of the shaft of C16 date; a later gable stack to the left. The hall has a moulded bridging beam with leaf-carved stops and similarly-moulded joists with run-out stops. The rails at each end of the room are also moulded. The lintol over the hall fireplace is enriched with moulding and leaf-carved decoration. Chamfered-joist ceiling at service end, divided from the hall by a narrow bay for the original cross-entry. The service partition against this bay has been removed. Remainder of interior not examined.

Listing NGR: TM2081872403