NHER 13278 (Building record) - Church Farmhouse

Church Farmhouse, Church Street.

February 1952. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
"House. Datestone inscribed '1681 WSD' on south gable. Flint with brick dressings, some rendering. Thatched roof. Rectangular in plan with two parallel ranges to rear. Rendered facade of four bays and two storeys. Three-light 19th-century casements with diamond leaded panes, hood moulds. 18th-century doorway to third bay having flat hood on consoles, 19th-century door. Kneelered gables. Off-centre axial stack and right hand gable end stack both with clustered polygonal shafts. Left hand gable wall has two blocked windows to first floor, a platband and large opening to attic with brick reveals, now partly blocked. Datestone. Also known as Toad House."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 August 2023.

South gable is dated 1681 with 'WSD', the north gable has a dummy chimney.
Details from the NCM Bolingbroke Collection.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 August 2023.

9 October 1978. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Date plaque cannot now be read from ground owing to adjacent tree, but date would fit building. This gable has two blocked windows and brick moulded string course in flint wall. Facade to west has 18th century windows and doors. Thatched roof. Two groups of three octagonal brick chimneys, each group having only two modern pots. Presumably the potless one on the gable is the dummy. Good large 19th-century brick barns to north [now NHER 67483]. Listed Grade II.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 9 October 1978. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 August 2023.