Iden Farmhouse

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA HEATH ROAD TQ 75 SE (North side) Cock Street

1/33 Iden Farmhouse 23.5.67 (formerly listed as Nos 1 and 2 Iden Cottage)

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C16, with C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed. Front elevation chequered red and grey brick. Plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan of approximately 4 timber-framed bays, with 2-bay principal room to left of stack. Bay or bays to right of stack largely rebuilt in C18. 2 storeys, garret and cellar on low stone plinth. Plat band. Half-hipped roof. Projecting brick stack with galleted stone base to left gable end, and brick ridge stack to right of centre. Small hipped 2-light dormer. Irregular fenestration of 6 wooden casements in altered openings; three 3-light to left of stack, one 2-light under stack and two 3-light to right. Three ground-floor casements with segmental relieving arches. Ribbed door in rectangular brick porch with hipped roof under stack. Rear return wing to left, probably C18; chequered red and grey brick with galleted stone gable end. 2 storeys and garret with plat band, half-hipped roof and gable-end lean-to. Similar rear return wing to right. Rear lean-to to centre. Interior: ovolo- moulded cross and axial beams to principal ground-floor room. Fireplace to same room with chamfered tooled stone jambs and wooden bressumer. Painted unchamfered brick fireplace to ground floor room to right. Staggered butt purlins to roof. Small quantity of exposed framing.

Listing NGR: TQ7802450834