Listed Building: FEN FARMHOUSE (279803)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 279803 |
Date assigned | 22 January 1988 |
Date last amended |
Description
BUXHALL FEN STREET
TM 05 NW
2/28 Fen Farmhouse
- II
House, C16 in two stages. 3 cell plan with lobby-entrance. One storey and
attics. Timber-framed and plastered in roughcast panels. Thatched roof,
half-hipped to left and fully hipped to right. An axial chimney of red brick,
the shaft rebuilt C19, and an C18 external chimney to left. C19 eyebrow
casement dormers. 3-light C18 or early C19 casements with metal windows. C20
gabled plaintiled entrance porch with boarded and battened door. An early C16
core with 2 small cells has major alterations, including evidence for an
inserted upper floor. Fragments of an apparent timber-framed chimney. A
further bay was added to the left hand end in late C16; this work has tension-
braced studwork and base-crucks supporting the half-hip. Coupled-rafter roof
in 2 phases. A C18 or C19 lean-to extension to right, and a single-storey mid
C20 pantiled extension to rear.
Listing NGR: TM0010459158
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Location
Grid reference | TM 00104 59158 (point) |
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Map sheet | TM05NW |
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Record last edited
Jan 30 2012 11:17AM