Little Wenham Hall Farmhouse
LITTLE WENHAM HALL FARMHOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1285599
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Little Wenham Hall Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- LITTLE WENHAM HALL FARMHOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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- Date:
- 2006-03-05
- Reference:
- IOE01/15286/03
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1285599
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Little Wenham Hall Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- LITTLE WENHAM HALL FARMHOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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:
- LITTLE WENHAM HALL FARMHOUSE, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wenham Parva
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 08037 39050
Details
TM 03 NE LITTLE WENHAM CHURCH LANE (EAST SIDE) 3/78 Little Wenham Hall 22.2.55 Farmhouse sometime known as Little Wenham Hall
GV II
House. C16 with C18 north double range extension, C19/C20 porch, west gabled range and other alterations and additions. Timber framed and plastered. Red plain tiled roofs, hipped to C18 double range, hipped to right (north) of main range, gabled to C19 two storey porch. The rear (west) face with C19/C20 batten decoration, excepting C18 range which is plastered, has 2 gabled wings facing west towards the moat, the southern wing C19, the northern wing probably original. Red brick chimney stacks off centre right of main range, to ridge of C19 west range and south of C18 range. 2 storeys. 2 first floor right and 5 ground floor windows mainly C19/C20 vertically sliding sashes with horns. West face various C20 small paned vari-light casements. The C19 east porch with 3-light first floor window, 4-centred outer arch, mullions to returns. C19 reproduction door. Internally most of the frame is concealed. The large chimney stack with later fire surrounds. The rooms adjacent to the chimney stack with heavy chamfered bridging joists. Top plates are traceable under the decorations including those to the small west wing which was possibly a stair turret or porch. Jowled storey posts. The bays of the roof to south of the chimney stack of C16 arch braced side purlin construction, pegged at ridge, intermittent collars. No inspection of northern bays at time of re-survey or of C18 range, but there is a C18 cast iron hobgrate to bedroom fireplace in this range and the northern entrance door is nailed, of 4 vertical boards.
Listing NGR: TM0803739050
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 278851
- 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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