NHER 21004 (Building record) - Clipstreet Farm, Bale

16th or early 17th century.
2 builds, flint and brick with pantile roof.
2 storey T plan house to east, with west addition of 2 storey through passage house, 4 bays.
East house earlier, flint and brick, late windows.
West house 2 storey offcentre south porch with brick pilasters, moulded brick string course and pediment.
Filled in arch to west.
Parapet altered.
Four centred doorway in wood.
West gable with external stack with diaperwork.
East stack now built into west house, originally external.
Roofs have butt purlins, collars and wind braces.
Moulded and stopped beams on ground and first floors.
Older house has moulded and stopped doorcase.
Information from (S1).
Presumably reference to stacks means that stack at east end of western house was originally external west stack of eastern house. Not very clear!
E. Rose (NAU) 19 December 1984

(S2) in file of larger of 2 lava quern or millstone fragments in west facing granary wall.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 26 April 1997.

2000. Field Observation.
Three pieces (previously 2) lava fragments visible in wall.
See (S3), with measurements and colour photo in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 4 February 2000.