Old Limes Farmhouse

COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS HIGH STREET SU 25 SW (east side) 8/119 Old Limes Farmhouse II

Farmhouse, now house. C16, and c1700. Rendered, with thatched roof. Two storeys, 3 bays, returning by 2 bays on right. Entrance lateral to central bay, and C20 porch. Timber casement windows, paned to first floor. Major stack in right bay and second stack on rear wall of lift bay. Rear wing of later date, has lateral stack. Roof hipped. Interior: Centre room on upper floor has tie-beam at low level, perhaps a survival of cruck construction, and remains of stencilled decoration of flowers and leaves, c1700, now partly obscured. Chamfered spine beam with scoop stops on ground floor. Roof has remains of wattle and daub chimney or narrow smoke bay at right end of building. e

Listing NGR: SU2439553822