Pitney Farmhouse

BROADHEMBURY SY 10 SW

5/33 Pitney Farmhouse

II

Estate Farmhouse. Circa mid/late C17 with C18 refurbishment, C20 renovation. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone; concrete tile roof (formerly thatched), hipped at ends; axial stack, projecting right end stack and rear left lateral stack to main range, all with brick shafts. Plan: Single depth main range, 3 rooms wide with possible evidence of a former through passage (opposed doorways) and a rear outshut containing service rooms and a stair. The left hand (putative inner) room is heated from a rear lateral stack and was single-storey at one time with evidence of charring on the wall (information from tenant) suggesting fire damage. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front with a probably C20 gabled porch with a plank front door in the centre. Additional doorway into left hand room with a wide C19 plank door and a wide, open porch with a hipped slate roof. Windows a mixture of C20 timber casements with glazing bars or square leaded panes. The tiled roof is carried down as a catslide to the outshut. Interior: The 2 right hand rooms have chamfered crossbeams with good mid/late C17 scroll nick stops. The left hand room has a plain axial beam. Several C18 2-panel doors indicate refurbishment at this date. Roof: The main trusses are probably C18 or C19, the rafters replaced in the C20 when the thatch was replaced with tile.

Listing NGR: ST1054903868