Tuffields Farmhouse

TL 85 NW WHEPSTEAD TUFFIELDS ROAD

4/150 Tuffields Farmhouse (Formerly listed under Melon 14.7.55 Green)

II

House, formerly farmhouse; c.1500 with alterations of several periods. 2 storeys; hall range and 2 cross-wings. Timber-framed and rendered. Slated roofs. 2 fine early C17 axial chimneys of red brick, one with a group of 4 octagonal flues on a square plinth; star-tops of carved brick (restored in cement), sunk rendered panels on each face of shaft and prominent moulded base. A second 2-flue chimney has the plinth only remaining, the flues rebuilt C19. Mainly sliding sash windows, c.1842 (date in roof strucure); glazed pair of panelled entrance doors. The right-hand parlour wing, c.1500, has substantial close-studded framing; in the parlour chamber an arch-headed doorway and traces of a painted frieze and other abstract decoration of late C16 or early C17. The hall range built early or mid C16, probably replacing an earlier structure. The service wing c.1500; extended forwards to form a symmetrical H-plan c.1600. Chimneys inserted c.1600; one with back-to-back fireplaces to the kitchen and new parlour; the second with fireplaces to the hall, old parlour and the chambers above; the hall range reroofed with principal rafters, purlins, and collars supporting an attic floor. A pair of crude oak figures and panelling, c.1600, found in a partition, now fixed over the new parlour fireplace. A number of c.1600 ovolo-mullioned windows. All roofs rebuilt c.1842 (date carved on collar in cross-wing).

Listing NGR: TL8329356765