NHER 22534 (Building record) - Church Farm

Church Farmhouse.

June 1981. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
16th-/17th-century timber-frame house, plastered, south end brick faced. Steep pantile roof with gabled ends. Brick chimney stack off centre. Two storeys and attic (attic window in end gable). Three widely spaced windows. Modern reproduction five-light mullion windows, three-light window on right original. Plank door on right. One original six-light mullion window at rear (west). One storey and attic wing at rear (west plastered timber-frame, pantile roof with gable end. L-shaped on plan.
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 April 2020.

Described in (S1) as hall house of 1510-20, altered in around 1600 to two storeys, three cells with offcentre stack. Massive box frame, no midwall rail but braced. New parlour added by cutting wallplate dating to around 1600. New door cut through tiebeam in former gable end. Beam inserted to support upper floor, another against the face of the stack and a third against the gable wall. The new parlour also has no midwall rail, its ceiling beam is supported on pilasters suggesting the same builder as inserted the floor at Legrys Farm. The parlour studs are full height, and are numbered 1-14, an old fashioned method for the date. The upper floors have fine doors and frames of about 1600. Roof burnt in 18th century.
Listing grade II describes as 16th-17th century, south end brick faced, pantiled. Adds original three-light mullioned window on facade and six light mullioned window rear, but other mullioned windows are reproductions. Rear wing timber framed, one storey and attic, later? 17th-18th century timber-framed barn at rear (NHER 54964).
Location of building from A. Gregory (NAU).
See report (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 May 1986.