Redway Farmhouse

ARRETON SZ58SW MERSTONE 1353-0/4/55 Redway Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C17 in origin (datestone of 1610 reported) altered and extended in C18 (Datestone of 1741 with the initials I P M on the south front), extended c1890. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble, partly coursed with some brick and some stone dressings.Tiled roof with cemented chimneystacks. L-shaped with c1890 extension to right. The south front east side is C17 with brick dressings. The west part is of stone. Off central cemented chimneystack, chalk below. 3 gabled dormers with iron spike finials, coping and kneelers and C19 windows. Stringcourse to west part. 7 windows in all, late C19 sashes without glazing bars in C18 architraves with keystones to east, 3-light casements to west. Plinth. Central early C19 trellis-work porch with late C18 door and 3 stone steps. Rear elevation has L wing of stone rubble with brick dressings. Rear of main range has 1 storey C19 yellow brick corridor extension with gable with kneelers, cambered doorcase and 6 panelled door. To the east there is a linked C18 service building, probably a brewhouse, of stone rubble with brick dressings and tiled roof with chimneystack. Interior has a spine beam with late C17 profile, the lounge has C18 type panelling and there is an early C18 staircase with 3 turned balusters to each step, scrolled tread ends and floral designs. One room on the entrance west was lowered in the late C19 for meettings of the Plymouth Brethren. The house belonged to Arreton Manor and and was given by Thomas Lord Culpeper to his natural daughter Charlotte who married Robert Pushall towards the end of the C17. (V.C.H.: 148).

Listing NGR: SZ5359184886