Nicholas Farmhouse

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2/5 Nicholas Farmhouse

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House. C16, C17, and 1757. Brick, with tiled and thatched roof. L-shaped block of 3 periods; the earliest part (at the angle) is the eastern unit of a timber framed house, the western unit having been refaced in the C17, from the angle a long north-south block was added in the C18. The front (east) is 2 storeys, 5 windows. Thatched roof hipped at the north and ½-hipped at the south. Walls of Flemish bond, with cambered ground floor openings, the north side (east end of the original house) has exposed framing in the lower part, containing herringbone brickwork, and tile-hanging to the 1st floor. C20 casements. The plain doorway has a 6 flush-panelled door beneath a thatched canopy on posts; at the south side jamb a brick is incised SC 1757. The north elevation has a tile roof, steeply ½-hipped at the west end, and a shafted stack; the east side walls are tile-hung above exposed bricknogged framing, the west side of English bond brickwork (C17) with a plinth. The rear elevations (within the angle) show the long C18 arm with 4 above 5 windows, and the projecting Cl7 rebuilt wing; casements to the later arm and large sashes (of the early C19 but restored) inserted in the wing.