Listed Building: DOWNS FARMHOUSE (282267)

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Grade II
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Volume/Map/Item 282267
Date assigned 27 April 1987
Date last amended

Description

HOMERSFIELD TM 28 SE 3/7 Downs Farmhouse - II Former farmhouse. Mid C16 and early C18. 2 storeys and attics; L-shaped form, with a cross-wing on the right. Timber-framed; faced in C19 red brick on the ground floor and the gable of the wing, the remainder rendered. Black glazed pantiles. An internal chimney-stack to the main range, the upper part rebuilt, with 4 attached square moulded shafts on a moulded base. Various old casement windows, 4-light, 3-light and 2-light, some small-paned. At the back, one old square leaded-paned 3-light casement window with transome. Lobby-entrance to the main range: a C19 enclosed and gabled porch in red brick with clay pantiled roof has the Adair monogram above the doorway; the door has 4 flush panels. The early C18 main range has only main posts and main beams, with small chamfer, exposed. Original upper ceilings. The butt-purlin roof has a ridge-piece and intermediate collars between trusses. The mid C16 cross-wing is in 3 bays: ground floor ceilings with cross-beams, heavy unchamfered joists set flat. The upper ceilings are a later insertion. The roof was renewed in the C19, but the cambered tie-beams have mortices for queen-posts. Listing NGR: TM2829384147

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Grid reference TM 28293 84147 (point)
Map sheet TM28SE

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Jan 16 2020 3:18PM

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