Hill House Farmhouse

STRADBROKE BATTLESEA GREEN TM 27 NW

1/80 Hill House Farmhouse - (formerly listed as 29.7.55 Hill Farmhouse)

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Manor farmhouse. C16, in 2 main phases. Timber framed and plastered, partly ashlar-lined. Roofs mainly plaintiled, with pantiles to rear of main range. Ridge tiles. 2 storeys and attic. A main range with projecting cross-wing to right and a 2-storey former porch to left of centre. Various old mullion and transom casement windows and 2 C16 windows with moulded mullions. C20 gabled porch with wide segmental-headed door in 2 leaves; within the porch a C19 6- panel door. At junction of the 2 main ranges is a fine stack with 6 octagonal shafts, each with moulded cap and base. Massive external stack to rear of main range, heating the end rooms, the upper section rebuilt mid C20 in plain form. Small probably C19 stack set against the former porch, with a rebuilt shaft of moulded brick. Earlier part of house, no later than mid C16, comprises hall and service cells: this is the left half of the main range with the former gable end wall now in the centre. There was probably a parlour cell, now lost. Fine heavy studding. Intact service partition with 4-centre arched service doorways and blocked doorway to service chamber stair. Fine hall ceiling with moulded cross-beams and joists, the latter with run-out stops. Moulded end cornice. Against the hall end wall is a C16 screen discovered in the service partition. Very closely-spaced plain joists in service cell. Good quality roof with a single row of clasped purlins and cambered collars with long solid arched braces. Remainder of main range and the cross-wing are mid-late C16, the studs not so closely spaced. Roof with clasped and butt purlins. The porch is late C16 or early C17. Remains of medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2258275410