Barley Green Farmhouse

STRADBROKE BARLEY GREEN, LAXFIELD TM 27 SW ROAD

3/79 Barley Green Farmhouse - 29.7.55 -- II

Farmhouse. C16. Timber framed and plastered, with exposed studding on the front at first floor level and in the left gable. Roof has black pantiles to front and plaintiles to rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell form, originally with cross-entry. Mainly mid C20 square-leaded casement windows; one mid C20 ground floor window with diamond mullions. In the left gable end, 2 original windows with moulded mullions. Boarded entrance door. Internal stack. Good interior with much exposed framing. Both hall and parlour have roll-moulded bridging beams with leaf-carved stops and chamfered joists; in the hall the mouldings are continued onto the storey posts, in the parlour the storey posts have plain chamfers with barred stops. Service cell originally divided into 2 rooms on ground floor. Doorway into parlour chamber has 4-centre arched head. The joints in the chimneybreast brickwork at the parlour end show evidence of lining. Clasped-purlin roof with long shallow braces to the collars, meeting at the centre. Cranked wind braces.

Listing NGR: TM2473473600