Riches Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1984. Farmhouse.

Riches Farmhouse

WRENN ID
worn-truss-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 85 NW WHEPSTEAD RECTORY ROAD

4/138 Riches Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse; late C16 with alterations of C17 and mid C19. 2 storeys, 3-cell lobby-entrance plan. Timber-framed and rough-cast rendered. Slated roof with axial and gable chimneys of red brick, rendered. Small-pane sliding sashes. Pair of 3-panelled mid C19 entrance doors with architrave and small flat canopy. Typical late C16 framing exposed internally; a wide unglazed window (now blocked) in the room above the service end - this was possibly a cheese-loft. The parlour probably rebuilt C17, and a 1-cell extension built against rear of parlour/hall chimney, forming a T-plan. The eaves raised and a new lower- pitched roof built c.1840.

Listing NGR: TL8400557458

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