Town Farmhouse
TOWN FARMHOUSE, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1215906
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Town Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN FARMHOUSE, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1215906
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Town Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWN FARMHOUSE, THE 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:
- TOWN FARMHOUSE, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorndon
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 13545 69973
Details
THORNDON THE STREET TM 16 NW 3/103 Town Farmhouse - GV II Farmhouse. C16, in at least 2 phases to form a single long 4-cell range. Timber framed; roughcast render to front and rear, the gable ends partly cased in tarred brick and partly plastered. Pantiled roof. 2 storeys. Various casement windows of C19 and C20 date. C16 4-centre arched doorway into cross- passage with mid C20 boarded door. 2 further doors. Internal stack with rendered shaft. Some exposed studding in hall; evidence for one window with large chamfered mullions. Plain joists exposed in upper bay. Good open fireplace. One-bay parlour with closely-spaced plain joists; the chamfered bridging beam is very close to the chimneybreast and appears to be later than the wallposts. Service end modernised, part now with mid C20 stair. Only the main components of the frame are visible on the upper floor. Cell at left end is a later addition, now used as an outhouse: quite widely-spaced studs, half of first floor joists replaced. Roof not examined.
Listing NGR: TM1354569973
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 281384
- 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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