Church Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Church Farm House
- WRENN ID
- broken-corner-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farm House is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered and has steeply pitched roofs covered with pantiles. The building has a three-cell cross passage plan with a two-bay service wing at the rear left, forming an L shape. It stands two storeys high with attics.
The entrance to the cross passage is located towards the left and is accessed through a late 19th-century brick and stained glass gabled porch that includes bargeboards. The windows are also from the 19th century, featuring part opening casements with 6 and 9 panes on the ground floor, some of which have leaded lights, while the first floor has 2 and 3-light windows. The eaves are boxed.
There is an axial ridge stack situated between the hall and parlour, slightly right of centre, with a large base that is broached to three separate octagonal shafts, each with moulded bases. The left return of the building leads to the slightly lower service wing, which has an entrance in the rear bay and 3-light casements. The main range has a slightly higher ridge with an original stack that has been rebuilt at the cap. The rear gable end features a 19th-century external stack, with exposed plates and purlins.
At the rear, there is an entrance behind the stack that leads to a half-glazed, half-panelled door, along with French windows that open into the parlour. The inner angle of the forward section of the rear wing is broader to accommodate stairs, and there is a lean-to outshut addition.
Inside, the parlour and hall have triple ovolo moulded axial binding beams, while the parlour features a hollow and ovolo moulded four-centred brick fireplace arch. The service rooms have stop-chamfered binding beams. On the first floor, there are ovolo moulded cross axial binding beams, jowled posts, close studding with tension braces, and cambered tie beams supporting a double butt purlin roof with collars and windbraces. Additionally, part of a moat lies to the south of the house.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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