Walnut Tree Farmhouse

WALNUT TREE FARMHOUSE, MITFORD ROAD

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1230328
Date first listed:
25-Oct-1951
Statutory Address:
WALNUT TREE FARMHOUSE, MITFORD ROAD

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Date:
2004-11-30
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1230328
Date first listed:
25-Oct-1951
Statutory Address 1:
WALNUT TREE FARMHOUSE, MITFORD ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
WALNUT TREE FARMHOUSE, MITFORD ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
East Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Benhall
National Grid Reference:
TM3694561406

Details

TM 36 SE BENHALL MITFORD ROAD (west side)

2/29 Walnut Tree Farmhouse
25.10.51


- II


Farmhouse. C17 with later additions (date 1871 at rear). L shape plan. Timber
framed and plastered with some brick casing to north wing; brick extensions to
rear; plaintile roof. Main range 2 storeys and attic; 4 window range, 3-light
casements without glazing bars; asymmetrical doorway with 8-panel fielded door
(the upper 2 panels glazed), Roman Doric pilasters, entablature with triglyphs,
pediment. To west is a brewhouse extension, single storey and attic with one
gabled dormer. Interior with panelling to hall and parlour and the 2 first
floor rooms immediately above; the parlour has a painted overmantel in an eared
frame, said to be a contemporary copy of a Gainsborough original in Little
Glemham Hall. Walnut staircase with twisted balusters. See Architectural
Review June 1916.


Listing NGR: TM3694561406

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Architectural Review in June, (1916)

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