Bax Farmhouse

TQ 96 SW TONGE LOWER ROAD (north side)

2/185 Bax Farmhouse

27.8.52 II*

House. C15 and 1567. Timber framed and exposed close-studding with plaster infill, underbuilt and extended with red brick, and chequered flint and ragstone, with plain tiled roofs. L-plan. North front: 2 storeys on plinth, ragstone and flint ground floor, with moulded brick string course and close-studded first floor. Hipped roof with offset stacks to end left, and octagonal stack to end right. Wood oriel with transomed lights and blocked side lights to left and shallow oriel to right on first floor, and 7 light wood mullioned window with brick surround to left and 3 light wood mullioned window to right on ground floor. Plank and muntin door to centre right with moulded brick surrounds dated 1567 on stone plaque over door. South front: red brick in English bond, storeys on plinth with string course and crowstep gable. One 3 light brick mullioned window with dripmould to each floor. East front: 2 storeys on plinth, red brick and ragstone and flint chequered on ground floor and close-studded first floor. Two large projecting stacks offset, rising to brick diagonal set flues, 2 left and 3 right. Plank and muntin door set in recessed entry between 2 stacks.

Listing NGR: TQ9435963823