Thorne Farmhouse, Including Cob Walls Adjoining To South And East

DOWN ST MARY SS 70 SW 2/153 - Thorne Farmhouse, including cob walls adjoining to south and east

• II

Farmhouse. Mid-late C17, C18 extension, refurbished in mid C19. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble or cob stacks topped with C20 brick; thatch roof. Original house has unusual 3-room plan facing south, comprising central unheated entrance hall with new C20 stairs with parlour to right and kitchen to left. End stacks. Rear outshots may be original. C18 1-room extension on left (west) end with C20 rear lateral stack. 2 storeys. Regular but not symmetrical 4-window front to main block comprising mainly C19 casements with glazing bars and including a 24-pane sash ground floor right end. Roughly central main door now contains C20 French windows and at left end secondary doorway with C19 part-glazed 4-panel door. Both doorways have C19 low pitch gabled porches with wrought iron frames including restrained scroll work embellishment. The main porch is slightly more ornate than the secondary porch. Extension to left on lower level has 1-window front including a first floor horizontal sliding sash with glazing bars and a C20 door. Roof is gable-ended to right. The eaves and ridge drop in level from main house to extension where roof has half-hipped end. Interior of main block shows mostly mid-late C17 and C18 features where exposed. Both kitchen and central entrance hall have soffit-chamfered and scroll stopped crossbeams. Kitchen has fireplace blocked by C19 chimney piece and grate, and 3 early cupboards, a C17 cupboard to right of fireplace with panelled door on butterfly hinges, a large C18 cupboard with fielded panel doors on H-hinges in rear wall and a smaller C18 version in cob crosswall. Another C18 cupboard in front wall of entrance lobby. Parlour refurbished in C19 hiding all early features. C20 chimney piece and C19 dado and tall round-headed cupboard with panelled doors. Roof inaccessible but feet of principals suggest survival of original A-frame trusses. Extension has roughly-finished crossbeam, waney in places, and C18 A-frame roof truss with pegged lap-jointed collar and X-apex. Shown as North Thorne on OS map.

Listing NGR: SS7397704721