Rugmer Farmhouse

YALDING BENOVER ROAD TQ 74 NW (north-east side) 4/54 Rugmer Farmhouse 25.8.1977 GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early-to-mid C17, with C19 facade and mid-to-late C20 addition. Timber framed. Ground floor red brick in stretcher bond to left end, weatherboarded to centre, and red brick in Flemish bond to right. Broadly-spaced studding with stretcher bond infilling to right gable end. First floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof. 2 timber-framed bays and central stack bay, with mid-to-late C20 single-bay addition to left. 2 storeys and garret. Brick plinth to left end, stone and brick to rest. Half-hipped roof with gablets. Multiple brick stack to right of centre. Irregular fenestration of 3 small two-light casements; one towards each end and one to left of centre. Boarded door towards rear of left gable end, and another to right gable end. Rear lean-to. Interior: exposed framing. Chamfered axial beams to ground and first floors. First-floor tension braces to front wall and to partitions. Blocked four-light diamond mullion window to front of left bay and similar three-light to right. clasped-purlin roof with diminishing principal rafters, vertical queen struts to collars at gable ends, and curved windbraces. Edge-halved wall- plate scarf joint. Broad floorboards. Marked on O.S. map as Rugmore Farm.

Listing NGR: TQ7115147960