Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse

LAXFIELD BANYARD'S GREEN TM 27 SE

4/34 Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse - 29.7.55 -- II

Farmhouse. Mid C16 with slightly later wing to rear forming L-shape plan. Restored 1867 and again early C20. Timber framed and plastered, partly lined to imitate ashlar. Plaintiled roof with crest tiles. Scalloped bargeboards to all gables. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell main range. 3 windows to ground floor, 2 small-paned sashes and a matching casement window; one sash window only to first floor. Lobby entrance: mid C19 porch, the door with 2 glazed upper panels; moulded architrave and cornice, probably of stone. One gabled dormer. Internal stack rebuilt in white brick. Above the road gable a C19 wind vane with the date 1602. Rear range has mainly old casement windows. Front range considerably modernised internally. Moulded bridging beam in hall. Also in the hall a good early C17 overmantel with elaborate carving, including flowers enclosed by guilloche work. More of the structure is visible in the rear range: a first floor ceiling with moulded joists and a blocked window with moulded square mullions. The end portion of this range has been lost. Roof over main range has clasped purlins, over rear range clasped and butt purlins, both roofs with arched wind-bracing. In 1718 John Smith left the property to the parish for the purpose of endowing a school, in whose ownership it remained until c.1950. Remains of medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2957373391