Screen Wall And Attached Former Farmhouse, Outbuildings And Yard Wall Forming East Side Of Home Farm Yard At Cams Hall

SU 50 NE FAREHAM PORTCHESTER ROAD (south side, off) 21/322 Screen wall and attached former farmhouse, out- buildings and yard wall forming east side of Home Farm yard at Cams Hall

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Screen wall and attached former farmhouse, outbuildings and yard wall. Farmhouse and southern outbuilding probably late C17, altered C18 and C19; screen wall late C18. 2nd outbuilding and yard wall mid-late C19. Late C17 work of rubblestone with red brick dressings and red brick in English bond; mid C18 work of red brick in Flemish bond; late C18 work (on east side) of cream beaulieu brick in Flemish bond. C19 work of red brick in Flemish garden wall bond. Plain tile and Cumberland slate roofs; some replacement corrugated iron. Former farmhouse at north end of range of 2 storeys, 1+3 bays; outbuilding at south end of range of 1 storey with loft 3 bays; between them former 2-bay cartshed. On the east side the whole range has been refronted late C18 to aggrandise the main approach to Cams Hall (q.v). East elevation: screen wall has blind round-arched arcade, some of the arches with blind oculi; at the centre is a panel having 3 niches with archi- volts (partly masked by c.l900 toilet block, not of special interest), and to either side quoined panels with rectangular recesses; formerly taller, with square recesses at upper level. Where the wall fronts the farmhouse is a round-arched doorway with 2-light dormer above, and rising above the wall at right end is farm- house addition which has two 6-pane windows to first floor and hipped Cumberland slate roof. C20 addition not of special interest. Beyond this is attached farm- yard wall with oversailing brick coping, formerly ramping down to gatepier (this and top part of wall removed). West elevation: outbuilding on right has central board door in brick-quoined opening with flat brick arch and board hatch door over and flanking windows in similar surrounds, the latter with later glazing and arches, brick eaves course; roof replaced by flat corrugated iron sheeting. Former cartshed to left has 2 double-board doors (collapsing) and roof collapsed. Farmhouse: mid-C18 added wing on left has canted front (part collapsed) with some remaining 12-pane sashes. The 3 earlier right-hand bays have late C19 added central canted stair lower with 4-pane sashes and door in right return; to either side a wide segmental-arched window with C19 windows and above each a late C19 window breaking eaves. Interior: the southern outbuilding has openings on east side matching those of the west side but masked by the C18 screen wall. The farm- house has, in C17 part, a large-scantling chamfered beam with stepped triangular stop; C18 wing panelled. Derelict at time of inspection (October 1989).

Listing NGR: SU5799407358