Upper Maxted Street Farm

TR 14 SW ELMSTEAD MAXTED STREET 3/119 Upper Maxted Street Farm

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Farmhouse. Circa 1739, probably with earlier origins. Chequered red and grey brick. Plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan of one room each side of stack. Late C20 addition to left. 2 storeys and garret. Plat band. Cogged brick eaves cornice. Half-hipped roof. Red and grey brick ridge stack slightly off-centre to right of C18 section. Regular 3-window front of three-light multi-pane casements. Similar windows to ground floor, with segmental relieving arches. Half-glazed door behind central brick porch with weatherboarded gable and plain tile roof. 1739 datestone with heart, over door. Sun Insurance plaque. Interior: incorporates timber from an early-C16 or earlier house. Chamfered axial beam off-centre towards front of left ground-floor room. Cross beam between left room and entrance lobby with traces of moulding and brattishing. Cross beam to right of stack and re- used joists to right room. More re-used timber to first floor, including pieces of a moulded octagonal crown post. Staggered butt purlin roof. Brick fireplace with wooden bressumer. Early C18 splat balusters to first-floor landing.

Listing NGR: TR1260944701