Oak Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Oak Farmhouse

WRENN ID
steep-paling-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TM 37 NW 7/93

METFIELD THE COMMON Oak Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C16, in 4 phases. Timber framed with exposed studding, much of it closely-spaced. Plaintiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. A single unusually long range. Various windows with moulded mullions, some original and others of mid C20 in matching style; some casement windows, mainly of mid C20. Gabled brick porch and 4-panelled door of C20 date. One gabled dormer. Internal stack and an external stack against the front wall. To the left is an overhanging gable supported on original carved brackets. The interior has much fine exposed timbering. In the parlour addition at the left end the bridging beam is supported on wineglass-pattern corbels carved on the storey posts. The chamber above has fine studding and an applied crenellated cornice. 2 of the other first floor rooms have cross-beamed ceilings, one with C16 and C17 oak panelling. In the cross-passage of the earliest section is a doorway with carved spandrels. At the right hand end is a one-bay addition with a queen-post roof and diamond-mullioned windows, latterly used as a dairy.

Listing NGR: TM3047778866

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