Listed Building: HOLYOAK FARMHOUSE (279844)

COMBS CHURCH LANE TM 05 NE 3/69 Holyoak Farmhouse 9.12.55 GV II Farmhouse. Early and mid C16 in 3 sections. 2 storeys. 3-cell plan. Timber-framed and roughcast: on the west side the upper storey is long-wall jettied, with exposed joist-ends and bressumer. Thatched roof with axial and gable chimneys of C19 red brick. Early C20 casements. In a lean-to pantiled C20 extension is a boarded entrance door. The central section of the house comprises a 2-bay hall with chamber above; it contains an altered lintelled open fireplace and formerly had a roof of the coupled-rafter or crownpost form. Later in C16 the range was extended, perhaps simultaneously, in both directions. All phases have heavy unchamfered floor joists, close studding and jettied upper floor. Wind-braced C16 clasped purl in roof. Until c.1960 this was a dairy range, just detached from the main farmhouse which stood on the west side. The origin of the name of the farmstead is in a chained Bible which was attached to a tree stump. This formerly stood close to the north- west corner of the granary-cartshed 30m north of the farmhouse (see below). Listing NGR: TM0507056508