FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE

FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE, PETT ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1275348
Date first listed:: 13-May-1987
List Entry Name:: FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE
Statutory Address:: FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE, PETT ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1275348
Date first listed:: 13-May-1987
List Entry Name:: FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE
Statutory Address 1:: FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE, PETT ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: FRENCH COURT FARMHOUSE, PETT ROAD

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

County:: East Sussex
District:: Rother (District Authority)
Parish:: Pett
National Grid Reference:: TQ8692514177

Details

TQ 81 SE 1917/32/30 13.05.1987

PETT PETT ROAD French Court Farmhouse II

Farmhouse, later house. Probably an early C17 three bay lobby entrance house, underbuilt and further modified in the early C18 with service bay added to south west and rear leanto added in late C18 and some late C20 alterations. Timberframed, underbuilt in brickwork with first floor tilehanging and tilehung north west gable, south west bay entirely of brick. Half-hipped tiled roof with off central brick chimneystack. Two storeys: three windows. Front elevation has two late C20 hipped dormers. C20 casements, ground floor right window converted to a French window. Late C20 gabled weatherporch. Flemish bond brickwork to original part, mixture of English garden wall bond and English bond to south western bay Catslide roof to rear and walling has Sussex bond brickwork. Late C20 conservatory to south west. INTERIOR: Internal wall between former hall and service wing has C17 frame on deep plinth. Former hall has open fireplace with chamfered lintel, original side walls and chamfered spine beam with runout stop. Parlour has curved brick early C18 fireplace with wooden lintel, chamfered beam with runout stop and two panelled door. Jowled posts to first floor and two inch chamfered beams. Some beams originally had floor joists in an opposite direction. Wide oak floorboards suggest C17 date. C18 winder staircase with octagonal newel post. C18 roof with purlins to original part. South west bay has late C18 roof. Some plank doors and pintle hinges.

SOURCE: Rape of Hastings Report no 0958 (1986).

Listing NGR: TQ8692514177

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Legacy System number:: 412732
Legacy System:: LBS

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Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.