Lime Tree Farmhouse

LAXFIELD FRESSINGFIELD ROAD TM 27 SE

4/48 Lime Tree Farmhouse -

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Farmhouse. In 2 sections: early C16 hall range to west with one-bay addition, perhaps C17, at service end; parlour block to east added c.1600. Timber framed and plastered; glazed black pantiles to hall range, plaintiles to parlour addition. 2 storeys and attic. C18-C19 small-paned casement windows; in the hall range a C16 window with cavetto mullions. C19 6-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed. At its junction with the earlier range the parlour block has an oblong stack; the base contains a recessed panel with an upper sawtooth brick course and with moulded work above. Gable end of hall range has canted ground floor bay of c.1900. The hall has a moulded bridging beam with run-out stops, arched-braced to the wall posts, and heavy joists, also with run-out stops. Moulded and embattled girding beam set into the stack. Fireplace lintol has similar decoration, now mutilated. Exposed first floor studding with evidence for original windows. Plain crown-post roof, most of the collar purlin now removed. Parlour contains typical work of c.1600, with reversed bracing and an ovolo-moulded bridging beam to ground floor. Newel stairs to first floor removed mid C20. Remains of medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2777474065