Building record 1008200000 - CHURCH FARMHOUSE, STRATFORD ROAD

Grade II. House with cottage and stables attached to south. C17, altered C18 and C20. House has some timber framing inside, and east wall of brick with diaper and zig-zag patterns in blue headers, moulded band course and plinth on stone base. Walls to W. and S. have been rebuilt and covered with roughcast. Old tile roof, 2 brick chimney stacks, that to S. gable with paired square shafts. 2 storeys. L-plan with 2 bays to W. and gabled cross wing linking with cottage. Irregular C20 leaded casements, 6-panelled door, top-lit, with flat wooden hood on C20 posts in angle to S. Cottage has timber frame to east, roughcast to west, and corrugated asbestos roof. 2 storeys, 2 bays, C20 leaded casements, central door. E. side has blocked 3-light window with original mullion. Range of stables to south are timber framed and weatherboarded with corrugated asbestos roof. 4 bays, that to right gabled and projecting. Curved braces, queen strut trusses. RCHM II p 206 MON 1 (B1).
Farmhouse at least partly demolished between June and October 2010 (B2).


Church Farm, house, cottage and barns, 70 yds north of the modern church. The HOUSE is of 2-storeys, built in the 17th century on a T-shaped plan, the central wing projecting towards the W. The E. front is of late 17th century brick, with a moulded string-course between the storeys. The N. end of the transverse wing has some original timber framing with filling of small bricks. The W. wall of the central wing is also timber framed; the filling and the other walls are of modern brick. The roofs are tiled. Two of the chimney stacks are original. Interior:- One room has a large open fireplace with a cambered lintel, and in the ceiling are exposed joists and a large beam. Other rooms have old beams in the ceilings. The COTTAGE, adjoining the S. end of the transverse wing, is also of the 17th century, and is of timber and brick, plastered at the back; the roof is tiled. The BARNS, adjoining the S. end of the cottage are probably contemporary with it. The walls are timber framed and weather-boarded. The roofs are covered with thatch and some corrugated iron. Condition - Of house and barns, fairly good; of cottage, now used as a fowlhouse, dilapidated (B3).

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