Jealott'S Hill Farmhouse

WARFIELD

SU87SE JEALOTT'S HILL 674-1/12/193 Jealott's Hill Farmhouse 20/12/72

GV II

Farmhouse, now house and office. C15, extended C16, altered early C19. MATERIALS: timber frame encased in painted roughcast at front and sides, tile hung at rear. Steeply pitched, old tile gabled roof. PLAN: U-plan with 2 crosswings and 3 gables facing front. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Large brick chimneys on left and right; a large brick chimney part tile hung at rear; all offset with corniced heads and clay pots. Smaller brick chimney on right side, towards rear. High weathered plinth, exposed rafter and purlin ends. Sash windows with glazing bars, in slightly projecting moulded wooden frames. Entrance front to north-west nearly symmetrical. 4-bay windows. Single bay gable projecting each side of centre section which has gable rising flush from wall. Gable on right has 3 windows on ground floor. Left hand gable was originally close studded on both floors. 2-bay centre section with re-positioned entrance door of 6 fielded panels approached by 4 steps. Rectangular overlight, moulded wooden frame with cornice over. INTERIOR: many exposed beams, those on ground floor in right section are chamfered with shield stops; the others are plain. C17 inserted partition, also in the right section, with doorway, chamfered frame and square head; also chamfered. First floor on the external wall of right hand crosswing evidence of former gardrobe. Redundant crown post roof with clasped purlins, and curved windbraces.