Hale Farmhouse

TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY HALE

1/290 Hale Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C18 (including a fragment of C17 brickwork) with late C19 and circa 1980 modernisations. Flemish bond red brick and first floor of front block is plastered timber-framing. Part of the north wall of the rear block is probably C17 English bond brick including burnt headers. Brick stacks and chimneyshafts; peg-tile roof.

Plan: L-plan house. The main block faces east south east, say east. It has a 2-room plan which has been somewhat altered. Direct entry into the larger left (south) room which has a large projecting gable-end stack, apparently the only original fireplace. Right room however now has secondary rear lateral stack. One-room plan rear service block projects at right angles to rear of left end.

House is 2 storeys with attics in the roofspace and a cellar under the front left room.

Exterior: Symmetrical 2-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars. Central doorway has a C19 4-panel door in a late C19 timber-framed gabled porch with waney bargeboards. Tall mansard roof is gable-ended and contains 2 front flat-roofed dormer windows.

Interior: Shows mostly the result of the late C19 and C20 modernisations. No earlier features are exposed. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ6214846049