North Thorne Farmhouse

BROADWOODWIDGER SX 49 NW 4/41 North Thorne Farmhouse - GV II Farmhouse. Circa late C16 with circa late C18/early C19 alterations. Stone rubble and cob, the higher end whitewashed and rendered, bitumen painted slate roof gabled at ends, formerly thatched. Projecting lateral stack on front heating hall with a tall stone chimney shaft of squared masonry, small rendered stack at right end heating inner room. 3 room and through passage plan the inner room probably originally unheated. A straight joint indicates that the lower end has been rebuilt, it is in use as a farmbuilding. A 2-storey rear addition to the higher end may have originated as a single-storey dairy or service rooms. The through passage plan survives with a blocked doorway leading from the passage to the lower end. A circa late C18 straight stair has been inserted at the rear of the hall. The roof has been raised and the roof trusses replaced, probably in the late C19 or early C20. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:3 window front, the left-hand opening a loft entrance in the lower end. Wide open-fronted stone porch with a sloping corrugated asbestos roof and a wide front door leads into the through passage to the right of the lower end. Large slightly projecting lateral stack on the front heating the hall to the right of the passage. The stack has a tall stone shaft and a semi-circular projecting bread oven. 2 ground floor windows to the right are C20 3-light casements, 2 and 3 panes per light, 3 first floor C20 3-light casements 3 panes per light. The lower end has a first floor loft entrance above a 2-light window to the left of a ventilation slit. A lower farmbuilding adjoins the lower end at the left, it has a slate roof hipped at the left end, an entrance on the front at the right and an opening under the eaves on the left. Interior The fireplace to the hall stack is late C20, earlier jambs and lintel may be concealed behind. The hall has 1 large chamfered ceiling beam, stops may be hidden by the wall plaster. Large roughly-chamfered ceiling beam to the inner room which also has a C20 fireplace. The partition enclosing the stair has wide horizontal planking. Wide plank door between the passage and hall. Circa early C19 doorframe. The roof trusses over the higher end are C20.

Listing NGR: SX4069495985