The Old Farmhouse

SU 83 NW HEADLEY STANDFORD LANE

8/55 The Old Farmhouse

GV II

House. C17, with C20 restoration and alterations. Mixed walling materials, and a tiled roof. A timber-framed building, with rear wings in the form of coupled gables and a narrower lower wing at the east side, a projecting (front) wing at the east side, the whole now extended westwards to link with a barn. 2 storeys irregular fenestration. Steep ½-hipped roof, the front (south) with 3 dormers, all large and different. The framing is exposed, with brick infill and some stone: there is tile-hanging to gables front and rear, bone walk are roughcast and. some painted brickwork. Casements, in great variety. C20 stone porch. Along the roadside elevation (east) there is a massive tapered stack, attached to the frame, its lower part masked by an outshot. With C20 details, the old farmhouse has become attached to a C18 barn, being a 5 bay timber bronze with aisles, Queen post truss, ½-hipped tile roof, stone walls, and large openings.

Listing NGR: SU8127235549