Nobles

TQ 34 SE LINGFIELD DORMANS STATION ROAD (north side off) Dormansland

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Farmhouse, now house. Early C17, added to and refronted C18; further alterations and large additions C19 and C20. Original section timber-framed with wattle and daub infill; at front, ground floor underbuilt in brick of 2 periods and 1st floor tile hung. Added outshut on right brick with glazed headers in Flemish bond on'rubble- stone plinth. Early C20 cross-wing on left of brick in Flemish bond with tile-hung 1st floor. All with plain tile roofs. 2 storeys with loft to original 2-bay section. C18 outshut on right; early C20 cross-wing on left; further late-C19 and early-C20 additions to rear and set back on right not of special interest. Original section has late C19/early C20 wood-mullioned casement windows of 1,4 and 3 lights to ground floor and two of 3 lights above; stack at left end. Outshut has one timber-lintelled sash window and roof hipped on left. Cross-wing has canted bay window with sashes to ground floor, 3-light window with casements above, and half-hipped gable; lateral stack on left. Right return has entrance in C20 porch; small-pane dormer window to outshut. Interior: The C17 house survives well, encased by the later addition: the square-panelled timber frame is exposed, having heavily-jowelled posts; chamfered beams with step stops and run-out stops, including square-sectioned floor joists; in roof, central queen strut truss, queen-post trusses to original end walls(left gable formerly infilled), square-section morticed-and-tenoned rafters with carpenters' marks (out of sequence) wind braces. Large, originally external brick chimney, with timber bressumer to ground-floor fireplace and bread oven in side (opening from rear wall). On lst floor original central partition wall dividing bays. Reused old board door to ground floor in rear wall.

Listing NGR: TQ3987241690