Lea Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1988. Farmhouse.

Lea Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lapsed-stronghold-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 96 NE GT ASHFIELD LEA LANE

2/49 Lea Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse; mid C16 with extensions of c.1600 and later. 2 storeys, part with attic. 4 windows. Timber-framed and plastered. Hipped concrete plaintiled roof. An axial chimney of C17 red brick. Early C19 small-pane 3-light casements, those at ground storey with wooden hoodmoulds. C19 6-panelled entrance door with the upper pair of panels glazed. Gabled plaintiled mid C19 canopy on carved brackets. Interior: Some unmoulded heavy framing of mid C16 exposed at centre of house. An extension to right has arch windbraced studding and a blocked diamond mullioned window. Lintelled C16/C17 open fireplace in the hall, and a rear service chimney to right of C17. A rear mid C18 staircase wing has a stair with turned balusters and wreathed handrail. Medieval moat surrounds the house.

Listing NGR: TL9988666092

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