Broomhill

AMPFIELD POUND LANE SU 32 SE 3/16 Broomhill II House. C15, altered c1600, C20 restoration. Exposed timber-frame with plaster and brick infill, some lower walls rebuilt in brick, painted, C20 weatherboarding, thatched roof. Plan of medieval hall house of 3 bays, one always 2 storeys, with later outshot and insertion of massive c1600 stack and 1st floor to hall; all now 1½ storeys. Plain doorways under 2 swept-down thatch porches on posts. All windows cast-iron lattice glazed casements, early C19, reused C20 from another building. Eyebrow dormers. Roof half-hipped one end and hipped at other, and swept-down above C20 outshot. Interior has main beams supporting 1st floor with moulded chamfers, and fireplace to hall has chamfered bressumer and unusually worn brick jambs.

Listing NGR: SU3955622538