Messuage Farmhouse

KENTON EYE ROAD TM 16 NE 1/136 Messuage Farmhouse - - II

Former farmhouse. Mid C14 section to right with successive in-line additions of mid C16, C18 and C19, forming a single long range. Part timber framed, the C18 and C19 work in brick, all with textured render applied in 1986. Pantiled roof. C14 section to right is 1 1/2 storeys, the remainder 2 storeys. Main part has 3 windows: late C19 6-paned sashes to left and right; to centre is a C19 small-paned former shop window and above a 4-paned sash window. 1 1/2-storey section has a further 6-paned sash window and a small 2-light casement. 2 stacks with plain red brick shafts, both in the 2-storey section, the older one to the right. 2 mid C20 doors to rear. Interior. C14 section comprises the upper bay and part of the lower bay of a former open hall. The open truss has an arched-braced cambered tie beam, the centre portion cut away. This carries octagonal queen-posts, broach-stopped to a square base; the base and head have a single bold roll-moulding. Intact braces to the collar and arcade plates, all nailed in position. Roof has heavily sooted coupled rafters. This is a very early example of a queen-post roof. Widely-spaced C14 studding. The upper end wall has a heavier central stud with a pair of reverse-curved braces to the tie beam. The rear wallplate has a stop-splayed scarf joint although the arcade plates have edge-halved scarfs. Evidence for doorway into former parlour end. Right gable end has plain studding, perhaps early C17; the inserted floor is supported on a ledge of re-used moulded timber. 2-bay C16 section, one narrow bay containing the stack, with evidence for a former lobby entry doorway. Both floors have chamfered-joist ceilings and some good heavy studding with evidence for original windows. Good C16 moulded door on upper floor. Roof has a single row of butt purlins with cranked wind braces.

Listing NGR: TM1917766229