Yew Tree Farmhouse

WINGFIELD EARSHAM STREET TM 27 NW 5/156 Yew Tree Farmhouse - 29.7.55 -- II

Farmhouse. Early C17 main range with possibly earlier work to rear. Timber framed, with a C17 parapet gable end to the left. C19 red brick casing to facade, some exposed studding to rear wall. Roof plaintiled to front and pantiled to rear. 2 storeys. 2-cell form. 3 windows, mid C20 large-paned casements under segmental arches; C19 boarded door to right. The parapet gable end has a moulded brick panel, containing a shield bearing the date 1568 and initials 'IH' and 'AM', probably reset from elsewhere on the house. Above are 2 further panels which may have been small attic windows. There is an integral stack. The upper rooms have an ovolo-moulded cornice. To the rear a 1 1/2 storey plastered and pantiled service range, perhaps once detached, with an axial stack abutting the main range. Some good framing, limewashed, with blocked diamond-mullioned windows.

Listing NGR: TM2350878316