Pitts Farmhouse The Nook

TM 07 SW WATTISFIELD HONEYPOT LANE

3/95 Pitts Farmhouse & The Nook

GV II

Former farmhouse, extended and divided into 2. C16, in 2 phases. Timber- framed and rendered; thatched roof. 2 storeys. An internal chimney-stack in old red brick with 2 attached hexagonal shafts on a square base, and an end chimney-stack on the left with a plain red brick shaft. Various 2-light and 3-light casement windows, some old, with a single horizontal bar to lights; small-paned C20 standards to the ground floor, random arrangement. A C20 half-glazed entrance door in a lobby-entrance position, and another on the left, where a small C20 single-storey pantiled extension partly replaces a missing section of the older house. The internal stack marks the division between the 2 building phases: the ridge of the roof is slightly higher to the left. To the right of the stack, frame in 3 bays, with the end bay a much- altered service room. The remaining 2 bays with an exceptionally heavy main beam, hacked back; the original joists removed: replacement joists, set on edge at a higher level, probably C18. The main posts have unusual shaped heads. Fireplace with plain lintel. To the left of the internal stack, 3 bays, apparently originally forming a single room, now divided. Large chamfer to main beams which are supported by short solid arched braces; heavy plain joists, some replacements. End stack added against a former partition wall, with indications that the frame extended for at least another bay. Ground floor only examined.

Listing NGR: TM0131773296