Listed Building: HOLLYBUSH FARMHOUSE (280851)

RATTLESDEN HIGH TOWN GREEN, HOLLY TL 95 NE BUSH LANE 3/98 Hollybush Farmhouse - II Former farmhouse, early C17. 2 storeys and attics. Complex plan: a hall range to right, crosswing at centre, and a one-storey-with-attics service range added in C18 to left. Timber-framed and plastered with C20 herringbone pargetting in panels. The cross-wing has an oversailing tie beam at the gable, and the studding above is exposed. Plaintiled roofs. To right is an internal end chimney of C17/C18 red brick, and a large C18 axial chimney in the service range with adjacent C19 casement dormer. Mainly C20 mullioned windows, some with leaded glazing; some are C17 windows restored. Entrance at rear. Rather plain C17 framing with primary-braced studding and on-edge floor joists. Butt purlin roof. In the cross-wing is a wide lintelled open fireplace. The layout of the C17 house is unusual and may result from early alteration or enlargement. Listing NGR: TL9646057347