Sands / Sands Farmhouse

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

In the entry for;

TQ 13 sE WARNHAM THREE STILE ROAD (off)

7/186 Sands Farmhouse

22.9.59 II

The entry shall be amended to read;

TQ 13 SE WARNHAM THREE STILE ROAD

7/186 Sands

22.9.59 II* (star)

House. C15 Wealden hall-house built probably between 1450 and 1485 with open hall ceiled over and chimney inserted in mid C16 when a porch was added to the original rear reversing the aspect, refenestrated in C20. Timber-framed building with close studding with plaster infill and south part underbuilt in brick. C16 porch is box framed with brick infill, mostly painted. Hipped Horsham slab roof with gablets. Central clustered brick chimneystack and end brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys 4 windows. Mainly C20 casements. Front has wings with projecting first floors and recessed centre with brackets.

Left side elevation is close studded and retains the frame of the garderobe and the tenon of the bracket to support the gart robe. Rear elevation retains the original window frame to the hall window.

Projecting 2 storey porch with moulded beam above original porch door.

Internal plan has former open hall of 2 unequal bays, a single jettied bay at the upper end of the hall and 2 bays jettied over the lower or service end. Interior retains original C15 post and panel screen with remains of moulding to spere screen and arched entrance with spandrels to chamber crenellated and roll moulded dais beam. Arched buttery and pantry doors. The original doorway to the stairs remains. Inserted C16 ceiling with chamfered spine beam and lambs tongue stops and similar floor joists. Original Horsham stone floor.Roof has 3 crown posts (1 was removed when the C16 chimney was inserted) sooted pargeting on the hall side of the solar/hall division and unsooted plaster between the crown post and principal rafter on the west side above the original solar.

[See 'The Older Houses of Warnham' by Rodney Dales. P16. Also illustrated on front cover of 'Wealden Buildings'. Editor, John Warren M.Litd, FSA].



WARNHAM THREE STILE ROAD (off) 1.

5404 Sands Farmhouse

TQ 13 SE 7/186 22.9.59.

II

2.

C15 timber-framed hall house of Wealden type. Consists of centre and projecting group, their first floor oversailing on brackets. Ground floor of the south wing rebuilt in brick. First floor of the south wing has brick infilling.

Remainder close-studded with plaster infilling. Curved braces supporting eaves of the centre. Horsham slab roof. Casement windows. Two storeys.

Three windows.

Listing NGR: TQ1518234447

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0538 IOE Records taken by Margaret Dales; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mrs Margaret Dales. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project