Abbey Hall Farmhouse

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TM 05 NW 2/27

BUXHALL GT. FINBOROUGH BUXHALL ROAD Abbey Hall

(formerly listed as Abbey Hall Farmhouse, previously listed as Abbey House)

9.12.55

II Former farmhouse. Early C18, the rear range possibly earlier. Timber-framed and plastered, the gable walls of the main range in red brick with random burnt headers. Parapet gables with internal end chimneys each having a pair of diagonally-set square flues. Plaintiled roofs; three good early C18 lead-roofed gabled dormers with moulded wooden pediments and cornices; casements with leaded lights. Two storeys and attics. Five windows. Small-pane sashes of late C18/early C19. Early C18 doorway with Gibbs surround and moulded pediment, a pair of three-panelled doors, renewed in C20. A 1½ storey rear wing: timber-framed and plastered with a coved eaves cornice. Concrete plaintiled roof with two C19 axial chimneys of red brick, one having triple diagonally-set square shafts and a sawtooth base. Three C19 gabled dormers, one having a small-pane sash, the others small-pane casements. C18 cross-casements, one remodelled in C19. A C19 six-panelled entrance door, the upper panels glazed. A further single-storey service wing at rear is of C18 or earlier.

Interior not examined.

Listing NGR: TM0111457438