Elms Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Elms Farmhouse

WRENN ID
muted-remnant-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LAXFIELD WELLS CORNER TM 27 SE

4/70 Elms Farmhouse -

-- II

Farmhouse. Mid C16 parlour block; remainder has medieval core, largely rebuilt in mid C17. Timber framed and plastered, part of the facade faced in colourwashed brick Roof plaintiled at front and pantiled at rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell form. 4 windows, C18-C19 casements without glazing bars. C19 4-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed with diamond-leaded panes. Internal stack, the shaft largely original. Victorianised interior with most of ground floor structure concealed. Hall bridging beam had massive solid arched braces to the wallposts, one of which survives in altered form: this may be the remains of a medieval raised-aisle truss. Over the hall fireplace is a lintol with mutilated embattled decoration. Chamfered parlour joists. Some plain C17 studding in rear wall at first floor level. Queen-post roof over parlour; staggered butt purlins over hall. Remains of medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2770571826

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