Baylins Farmhouse

PENN PENN ROAD 1. 5134 (west side) Knotty Green Baylins Farmhouse SU 99 SW 3/56

II GV 2. Late medieval hall house with later alterations. Two storeys timber frame, brick and tile hanging. South elevation: gabled wing on right, upper part tile hung, one 3-light casement. Left hand part brick, timber arched door next to wing leading to passage: 4-light casement to ground floor, two 3-light casements in first floor. Addition on far right, 2 storeys and hipped roof (designed by Sir Edward Maufe, 1925). Loggia addition on left by Forbes and Tate, 1919. Eastern elevation of wing has exposed timber framing. North-east block added, and cart shed adapted to present north-west wing by Forbes and Tate. Old tile roof, brick stacks. Interior has original arch braced hall truss and curved wind braces visible on first floor. C16-C17 panelling in dining room and moulded inserted. C16 floor beams in living room. These have stencilled decorations by Macdonald Gill, early C20. This house was the home of Ambrose Heal, for whom it was carefully adapted by Forbes and Tate (Small Country Houses of Today Vol 3 by Sir Lawrence Weaver, Country Life 1925). (RCHM I 268-269 Monument 12).

Listing NGR: SU9297792438