Smyths House

DEBENHAM KENTON ROAD TM 16 SE 4/116 Nos. 1 & 2, Smyths House - GV II

Former farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. C15, the parlour cell slightly enlarged c.1600. Renovated and sub-divided 1986-87, work continuing at time of survey (June 1987). Timber framed and rendered; small remains of old plaster lined to imitate ashlar. Plaintiled roof: concrete tiles to front, clay tiles to rear. A former open hall house of 3-cell form. 2 storeys. Casement windows without glazing bars, inserted 1986. 2 mid C20 boarded doors. 2 small flush rooflights. Internal stack, the shaft rebuilt mid C20. Lean-to additions to right and to rear, the latter of flint and brick. Interior. Largely intact frame, the hall with a mid rail. Open truss has cambered tie beam with massive arched braces, the rear portion partly cut away; the tie beam carries a crown-post of cross-quadrate section, with 2-way bracing to the collar purlin. Intact coupled rafters. Part of one hall window with diamond mullions and evidence for the other; evidence for cross-entry doorways. Timbers in service partition concealed. Upper end wall of hall has moulded and embattled dais beam (largely obscured by the stack which was inserted against it) and remains of the 2-centre arched doorway into the parlour. All C15 hall timbers are heavily sooted. C15 joists in parlour and service ends. Inserted hall ceiling has axial bridging beam and chamfered joists, perhaps late C16. Formerly known as Camp Green Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: TM1811063285