Hensting Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1955. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Hensting Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- pitched-sandstone-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hensting Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse that has been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of chequerwork knapped flint and dressed stone, with later brickwork for the stack. The roof is of old plain tiles, some with medieval-style comb ridge tiles. The original building comprised two bays, with a central wing and an 18th-century parallel range added to the rear, to the left of the wing. A 19th-century wing was added to the rear on the right.
The front elevation is two stories and two bays wide. The central doorway has an 18th-century moulded stone doorcase and a rectangular fanlight, with a 19th-century studded, ledged door. The windows are late 18th-century three-light casements. A plinth is visible with moulded brick offset at sill level. Above the door is a large stone, placed upside down, bearing the arms and motto of Archbishop Langton, which was brought from Marwell Hall.
The original central section is cruciform in plan with an offset head. It features an 18th-century external stack on the left end. The roof was rebuilt in the 18th century, and the gables show exposed end trusses and brickwork.
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