Home Farmhouse

CHARNEY BASSETT CHAPEL LANE SU39SE (South side) 6/87 Home Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C16/early C17. Originally timber-framed, of which a small portion survives in the central 2 bays; rest of house clad in coursed limestone rubble; mid C20 tile roof; stone stacks finished in brick. 3-unit lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Original gabled 2-storey porch, of coursed limestone rubble, has additional late C20 porch in front; timber lintels over late C19 six-panelled door, one-light window in original chamfered frame to first floor of porch; and over C20 casements; mid C20 square bay to right. Half-hipped roof to left, gabled to right; ridge stack. External stack to right gable wall. Staircase projection to rear. Interior: To right and left of lobby are C18 plank doors with large Norfolk latches set in chamfered and stopped doorframes; similar doors throughout. Room to left has full set of chamfered and stopped beams and joists, a chamfered bressumer over the fireplace and has access to original winder stairs which adjoin the rear of the chimney stack. Centre room has chamfered beam and chamfered bressumer over open fireplace. Room to right has full set of chamfered and stopped beams and joists, and is separated from the centre room by a timber-framed parition which rises ahe full height of the house. First floor room to right has full set of chamfered and stopped beams and joists. 5-bay collar-truss roof with butt purlins.

Listing NGR: SU3787994684