Savay Farm, The Savay

TQ 08 NW, 5/337

DENHAM, SAVAY LANE, Savay Farm, The Savay

23.9.55

I

C14 hall house, altered. First floor inserted C16. Timber frame and red brick nogging with old tile roof. H-plan. Two storeys. Windows, modern leaded lights. C15 door with battens and strap hinges. Late C14 south-west gable oversailing on brackets and exposed corbels, tympanum cement rendered with exposed timbers. North-west modern wing similar but not oversailing. INTERIOR: C16 mural achievement in south half of hall; first floor has two 4-centred arches at head of north-east staircase, tie beam and king post in south-west room; murals over south-west part of further hall, dated 1606 representing second chapter of Exodus with characters in Jacobean costume. A few pieces of old stained glass set in windows. Three cast-iron firebacks, 2 C16 (one dated 1558) and one Carolean. On left hand, one-storey building extends from front. Stock brick; old tile roof; open end nearest to house, opening filled with 4 wooden Roman Doric columns, entablature. Inside along back wall timber gallery. RCHM I, pp 116-118; VCH III, p256.

Listing NGR: TQ0468488047