Building record 1054800000 - WINSCOTT FARMHOUSE

Grade II. House. Late C16-C17, altered C19 and C20. Rendered and whitewashed with timber frame exposed to rear. Thatched and tiled roofs. L-plan house with timber framed extension in rear angle. 1½ storeys. E. range is of 2 bays: C19 3-light wooden casements with segmental heads to ground floor, 3 paired leaded casements in thatch, central half-glazed door in C20 gabled timber porch with slate roof. Rear has C19 and C20 barred wooden casements. N. front has similar casements and 2 entries, one with thatched porch. C20 extension to W. Ground floor room at W. end of original house has moulded spine beam. Outbuilding, in process of conversion to dwelling, attached to W. end is not of special interest. RCHM II p. 270 Mon. 13 (B1).
A Heritage Impact Assessment, which included historic building recording, concluded that the timber framed farmhouse may have started life as a small 17th century two-unit central-passage cottage that was rapidly extended to the west and later incorporated into the enclosure period farm. See report for detail (B2).