Green Farm House, Hunston

PLAN: this is a three cell house, of two-storeys, the stack between the first and second cells to the south-east with chimney on the ridge above. There is a single-storey outshut to most of the north elevation.

EXTERIOR: the ground-floor south-east elevation has a front door placed north-west of centre with two other doors with segmental arches, both infilled with flint; there is a similar door to the south-east end of the rear elevation. The south-east elevation also has three windows to the ground floor, all with segmental arches; the first floor windows are immediately above those to the ground floor. There is a similar but larger ground floor opening to the north-west gable end, infilled with flint. The first floor has exposed studs with some bracing. The back door is in the outshut, which has a large window and sliding patio doors to the north-east elevation. All windows and doors are modern.

INTERIOR: the house has a three-cell plan form, with modern brick fireplaces to the central hall and south-east parlour, either side of the stack. A modern brick fireplace opens into the stack from the outshut. Ceiling joists survive throughout, supported by a transverse beam in the north-west room, where closely spaced joists in a small square of the north corner, set at right-angles to the main joists, may indicate the original location of the stairs. In the outshut, a hatch to the roof space allows a view of original studs at first-floor level, and the modern outshut roof.

Stairs rise to the first-floor corridor from the south-west room. Doors open onto the three rooms to the north-east of the corridor, which ends at the door to the north-west bedroom. There are tie-beams visible at regular intervals across the corridor and in each room. The first room (parlour chamber) has a chimney breast and C19 cast-iron fireplace. The fourth room at the end of the corridor is open to the roof. This is of common rafter construction with purlins clasped by collars, and with a ridge piece. The chimney stack in the roof space is rendered.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the barn is probably late C18 or early C19, of clay lump on a brick plinth, with a tiled roof and brick floor. This is a small single-storey rectangular building with a pitched roof, a door facing towards the house and large window openings to south-west and north-west. It has a common rafter roof with ridge piece, purlins and collars.