Listed Building: ABBEY HALL FARMHOUSE (279802)

BUXHALL BUXHALL ROAD, TM 05 NW GT. FINBOROUGH 2/27 Abbey Hall Farmhouse (formerly listed as Abbey 9.12.55 House) - II Former farmhouse. Early C18, the rear range possibly earlier. Timber-framed and plastered, the gable walls of the main range in red brick with random burnt headers. Parapet gables with internal end chimneys each having a pair of diagonally-set square flues. Plaintiled roofs; 3 good early C18 lead- roofed gabled dormers with moulded wooden pediments and cornices; casements with leaded lights. 2 storeys and attics. 5 windows. Small-pane sashes of late C18/early C19. Early C18 doorway with Gibbs surround and moulded pediment, a pair of 3-panelled doors, renewed in C20. A 1½ storey rear wing: timber-framed and plastered with a coved eaves cornice. Concrete plaintiled roof with 2 C19 axial chimneys of red brick, one having triple diagonally-set square shafts and a sawtooth base. 3 C19 gabled dormers, one having a small- pane sash, the others small-pane casements. C18 cross-casements, one remodelled in C19. A C19 6-panelled entrance door, the upper panels glazed. A further single-storey service wing at rear is of C18 or earlier. Interior not examined. Listing NGR: TM0111457438