Corner Thatch Heathfield Lodge

TL 97 SW HONINGTON MILL ROAD

3/80 Corner Thatch and Heath- field Lodge. 14.7.55 (Formerly listed as No.2 and cottage - II adJoining No.2)

House, formerly divided into 3, now 2. Early C16, with a later C17 wing added on the east, and an extension of c.1900 on the south. Part 2 storeys, part 1½ storeys. Timber-framed, plastered and lined, with thatched roofs to older part, red brick and double Roman tiles to 1900 extension. Main range, aligned north-south, has an internal chimney-stack with 3 attached hexagonal shafts: 3-cell plan, lobby entrance. Small-paned casement windows. Framing exposed inside, but roof inaccessible. Principal ground-floor room of 1½ bays suggests possibility of an older core to house. Main cross-beams are carved with an unusual cresting decoration, and an applied cornice of similar design runs around the room. One small section of cornice has a slightly formalised design of vine leaves and grapes. 2 open fireplaces with timber lintels. The small east-west crosswing has been extensively restored. Light framing, mid C20 casement windows and doors. Extension on south has an end chimney-stack, single-storey rectangular bay window with tripartite slate roof, 3 sash windows with single vertical bar to upper storey, and a 4-panel door with plain rectangular fanlight.

Listing NGR: TL9139374523