Toney'S Farmhouse

BROMSBERROW CHASE END LANE SO 73 SW

5/20 Toney's Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse: late C14 or early C15, C17, altered C19, C20. English garden wall brickwork, random rubble stone, brick-nogged timber framing, tiled roof. 'L'-plan, 2-bay, 2[-storey cross wing, 4-bay 2-storey main block, upper storey partly in roof. Later lean-to along side away from yard. To yard: largely brickwork, 3-light wooden casement windows. On left window with flat head and no lintel: to right similar but with cambered brick arch. French doors on right, timber lintel, outline of former porch over (doorway on line of cross passage of original house). To right ground floor wall stone up to corner: further French doors, cambered brick arch; late C20 single-storey lean-to porch, door left return, 2-light casement in end. Further window to right, in cross wing. First floor 3 windows, in lean-to dormers: further window in cross wing, cambered brick arch: timber-framed gable over, tie beam and collar, 'V' struts above, 2-light casement window. Roof to main wing gable on right above eaves to cross wing: half hip one bay from left, with lower pitch beyond. Brick chimney on ridge on line of cross passage: large external stack on right return cross wing. Interior: cross-wing roof cut tie-beam truss, 2 pairs purlins, square ridge, wind brace cuts rafters. Ceiling beams right half main block ground floor large hollow chamfers, bar stop. First floor main block on right one base cruck truss (apparenty cut off below floor level), arch braces, plain chamfer, square-set moulded aisle plate; above 'V' struts to principal rafters, cusped foiling, curved wind braces to further pair purlins: ridge hidden by high ceiling. Half-truss in bay to right, with high collar and arch braces. Wind braces to aisle plate. Mortices for inserted ceiling joists on-aisle plate: cruck truss notched for ceiling beam (since removed). Spere truss away from cross wing: posts exposed in cupboards beyond, braces to aisle plate plastered over in main upper room. Cross passage blocked by inserted large stone chimney base. Truss beyond closed, tie beam, 2 collar and angle struts. Two boarded doors, strap hinges in cross wing, first floor. Open hall, with C17 inserted floor and chimney, filling cross passage. An important medieval survival.

Listing NGR: SO7449934812