Listed Building: FEN FARMHOUSE (280835)

RATTLESDEN BRETTENHAM ROAD TL 95 NE 3/82 Fen Farmhouse - II Farmhouse, late C16, extended c.1600. One storey and attics, and two storeys. The house was originally of 3-cell form; a parlour block was added to right and the hall enlarged out of the earlier parlour block c.1600. Timber-framed and roughcast. Thatched roof; one C19 casement dormer. An axial chimney of c.1600 with very narrow pink and buff bricks. A complete set of mid C19 windows with small-paned cast iron casements. C19 gabled porch at cross-entry position with half-glazed 4-panelled door. The earlier building has close- studding and plain unchamfered floor joists exposed. The later work has chamfered joists and beams with lambstongue stops. A blocked diamond- mullioned window. The later roof has a pair of principal rafters with collarbeam, and windbraced clasped purlins. A wide lintelled open fireplace in the hall. Listing NGR: TL9719755180