Sandling Farmhouse

TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY HALE (off)

1/293 Sandling Farmhouse 17.7.90 II

House. Early/mid C17 origins with alterations of the C19 and C20. Framed construction, the ground floor underbuilt in Flemish bond brick, the first floor tile-hung; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.

Plan: The house faces south south west, say south. 3 room lobby entrance plan with a rear right wing, the main range with an axial stack to right of centre, the house extended at the left end, the lobby entrance replaced by a C20 entrance into the right end room which has been altered to an entrance hall containing the stair.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Roof gabled at left end. Left end and axial stack both with C19 brick shafts with corbelled brick cornices. Asymmetrical 4-window south front, 3 windows to the first floor. Set of C20 3- and 4-light casements with square leaded panes, 3 of the ground floor windows with segmental arched heads. The right (east) return has a large C20 3-light stair window with a high transom and square leaded panes, one first and one ground floor C20 casement. Recessed porch to the left. The crosswall visible inside the porch preserves its framing intact including large tension braces.

Interior: Exposed carpentry including ceiling beams and jowled wall posts.

Roof: Side purlin roof construction over the right (east) end of the house.

Listing NGR: TQ6179145848