Vale Farmhouse
VALE FARMHOUSE, UPPER STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1199012
- Date first listed:
- 15-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Vale Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- VALE FARMHOUSE, UPPER STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1199012
- Date first listed:
- 15-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Vale Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- VALE FARMHOUSE, UPPER STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- VALE FARMHOUSE, UPPER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ufford
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 29438 53015
Details
UFFORD UPPER STREET TM 25 SE (East side) 9/153 16/3/66 Vale Farmhouse GV II
House, formerly farmhouse. C16 and C17 with a mid C19 refacing. Timber framed with wattle and daub and brick nogged infill and Flemish bond brick with a pantile roof, originally thatched. Road front: projecting timber framed wing at left which has a central ground floor oriel window of 6 lights, the lateral lights being blocked. Moulded sill and mullions. Pargetted walling to either side of this. Jettied first floor supported on brackets. Close studded walling with arched braces. Central C19 three- light oriel with a brattished sill, originally an oriel similar to that at ground floor level as mullion holes to the underside of the gable bressumer show. This gable has a moulded bressumer supported by arched braces. Close studded walling with brick nogged infill, and a central 4-light window with large C20 plank mullions. To right of this and recessed is the axial range, refaced in C19 brick. This is of 3 bays near-symmetrically disposed with, at ground floor centre, a 4-panel door with a moulded classical surround. To either side of this are ground floor sash windows of 2x2 panes with a heavy lintel supported on console brackets. Three similar windows to the first floor, all having stone sills. To the ridge is a massive rectangular stack at left with broaches connecting to 4 clustered diamond-section flues with moulded tops. To the right hand gable end is a further stack with offsets. French windows to this gable end and a slightly recessed wing at right again with rendered walling. Ground floor C20 three-light window and to the first floor a 4-light window with ovolo-mouled surround. Rear: rendered walling. Projecting wing at left with a 2-light ground floor casement. C20 mezzanine single-light window at right of this and a 2-light first floor window. Axial range at right of this with a 6-panel door at left with 2 upper glazed panels. Three light casement at right of this and an upper 3-light C16/C17 window with diamond- section mullions. To far right is a C20 four-light window. To the first floor are 3-light and 4-light C20 windows. Gable at right. Extending at right is a low single-storey gabled C20 wing.
Interior: chamfered ceiling beams and joists to the drawing room with C17 panelling and fire surround inserted in the C20. Further chamfered beams and studded walling to other ground floor rooms. Evidence of subsidence at the end of the house furthest from the cross wing which may explain the partial refacing in C19 brick. The roof appears to have been largely rebuilt.
Listing NGR: TM2943853015
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 286566
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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