Cookley Farmhouse

TM17SE 585-1/4/83 15/06/51

EYE COOKLEY ROAD (South side) Cookley Farmhouse

GV II*

Farmhouse. Formerly mid C14 hall house, cross wing added c1470. Altered c1550, minor C19 or C20 alterations. Plastered and colourwashed timber frame. Roof of concrete tiles. PLAN/EXTERIOR: 2-storey north-south wing. Cross wing at south end of 2 storeys and dormer attic. West front with late C20 stud and plank door left of centre. One 2-light and one 3-light C20 casement either side. Former doorway in angle with south wing blocked. One first-floor mid C16 3-light hollow-mullioned window. Gabled roof with late C16 ridge stack set right of centre with 4 continuous diamond flues. East front is a 3-window range. Half-glazed C20 opposing door set behind C20 conservatory. Fenestration of 2- and 3-light C19 casements except for central first-floor window which is mid C16 with 3-light hollow-moulded mullions. Cross wing to south with C20 2- and 3-light casements. Attic wall plate with mortices for projecting mullioned windows to east and west sides lighting former late C15 first-floor solar. INTERIOR: opposing doorways lead to screens passage. Mid C14 timber plank and muntin screen with central opening squared in C20. Muntins are chamfered. Traces of red ochre paint remain. To south is former open hall, floored c1550: bridging beams with double wave mouldings to their west half, plain chamfered to east half. Timber frame of heavy scantling, the principal posts hollow chamfered. Wide brick fireplace inserted late C16 under chamfered bressumer. North room formerly service rooms: C17 chamfered bridging beams. To east of stack a C20 winder staircase. South cross wing has two chamfered bridging beams with raised tongue stops with triangular incised motifs. First-floor hall inserted c1550 and north-south range re-roofed. 4 bays. Hollow chamfered wall posts with jowled tops carry arched braces with roll and hollow mouldings supported on polygonal moulded corbels. Braces continue into cambered tie beams with continuous roll and hollow mouldings. One tier of wave moulded joists butt into tie beams. Double wave moulded ridge piece. North tie beam is straight cut to rear (north side) and the arched brace rests on a terminal corbel. Blackened joists north of this (with different moulding pattern) suggests site of mid C16 stack. Roof of two tiers of butt purlins, collars and curved windbraces. Cross wing. Frame with jowled principal posts. Queen-strut roof with curved windbraces and cambered collars.

Listing NGR: TM1660374151