Building record 0296500001 - COLLETT FARMHOUSE

Grade II. House. Dated 1736 on quoin to left, but probably late C17. Coursed rubble stone, partly dressed to front, with first floor band course and narrow moulded wooden eaves. Wing to rear has timber truss in gable with thin brick infill. Hipped roof with C20 concrete tiles and rebuilt chinmey of thin brick between left bays. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic, 3½ bays. C19-early C20 3-light transomed wooden casements, those to ground floor having shallow pointed stone arches with raised keyblocks and springers. Half bay between right bays has 2-light window over 5-panelled door, top-lit, with C20 gabled hood. 2 gabled dormers with paired wooden casements. Stone panel to first floor between left bays is carved with coat of arms in surround of oak leaves. Right bay has rooms with re-used C17 panelling, the upper room having a frieze inscribed with verses from Ecclesiastes and Proverbs. RCHM I p.345-6 Mon.2 (B6).