Cottage At Dairy Farm

SHERFIELD ENGLISH MILL LANE SU 22 SE 1/40 Cottage at Dairy Farm

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Former farmhouse. Probably 2nd half C17; later alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill; hipped thatch roof (of combed wheat reed over original long straw); brick ridge stack between right-hand bays. Baffle-entry plan. 1 1/2 storeys,3 bays, right bay possibly added. square panelled timber frame on brick plinth with straight braces from wall posts to eaves plate. On right side of central bay, board door in chamfered wooden surround protected by C19 or early C20 gablet brick porch. C20 lean-to porch and side-outshut on left. Three C20 windows to ground floor. on upper floor the left bays each have a small-pane wooden casement of 2 lights under swept thatch. Rear; left bay has old board door with cover strips. On right, external stack and with lean-to. Interior; central room has brick inglenook fireplaces bread-oven; winder stair to side bracketed mantleshelf, bench, and bread-oven; winder stair to side of chimney; large-scantling spine- beam with deep chamfer and stepped steps; similar beam in left bay; board doors throughout wide floorboards to 1st floor and. jowelled heads of wallposts, straight windbraces, purlins, tie-beams and principal rafters visible. In state of disrepair at time of inspection (2/7/91).

Listing NGR: SU2946523219