Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ69SW SALMOND'S GROVE, Ingrave
723-1/9/218 (East side)
21/10/58 Salmond's Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
ST NICHOLAS GROVE, Ingrave
Salmond's Farmhouse)

GV II

House. Early C15 and C16, extended in C19 and C20.
Timber-framed, plastered, roofed with handmade and
machine-made red clay tiles. H-plan, comprising a 2-bay main
range facing approx W, with a C16 internal stack in the right
bay in front of the axis; an early C15 2-bay cross-wing to
left, with a C17/18 external stack to left of the front bay;
and an early/mid-C16 2-bay cross-wing to right, with C17
external stack to right, and a late C19 external stack to
rear. Small single-storey lean-tos behind main range and left
cross-wing. Cross-wings of 2 storeys, main range of one storey
with attics.
Ground floor, one C20 splayed bay of casements, and 2 early
C19 sashes of 8+8 lights with C20 external shutters perforated
with hearts. First floor, 2 early C19 sashes of 8+8 lights,
and one C20 sash of 6+6 lights in large gabled dormer of main
range. C18 door of 4 fielded and 2 glazed panels at right end
of main range, in position of original door, with C20 lean-to
porch. 2 grouped diagonal shafts on main stack, rebuilt in
C19. The left cross-wing is jettied to the front, with 2 plain
brackets; its roof has original gablet hips at front and back.
The right cross-wing has a gable to the front, with a moulded
tie-beam, and an original gablet hip to the rear. In the left
elevation of the left cross-wing, on the ground floor, is an
early C19 horizontal sash of 9+9 lights, and on the first
floor an early C19 casement. Graffiti from 1899 on rear stack.
The main range has a shorter service end bay to the right, in
which the inserted stack leaves the original cross-entry
unobstructed; C17/18 ledged and boarded rear door with
original hinges.
INTERIOR: large wood-burning hearth facing to left, with some
C20 re-building at each side and rear; original mantel beam.
Mid-C16 inserted floor, comprising a deeply chamfered axial
beam, unstopped, and chamfered joists of horizontal section
with step stops, supported on pegged clamps; partly plastered
to the soffits. In the front left corner of the ground-floor
room is an early C19 attached corner cupboard with an arched
head, 3 profiled shelves and a panelled door below. The roof
of the main range is of clasped purlin construction, mostly
unsooted, although incorporating some smoke-blackened rafters
from a former crownpost roof; ceiled to the soffits of the
collars. The left cross-wing was originally the parlour and
solar, but became the service wing when a larger cross-wing
was built at the right end of the main range in the
early/mid-C16. Most of the joists in the front bay are
original, of heavy wide section, jointed to the binding beam
with unrefined central tenons; in the rear bay most joists
have been replaced; all are plain. One of 2 arched braces to
the binding beam. Stove in wood-burning hearth. Cambered
central tie-beam with 2 arched braces, and C16/17 studded
partition between the bays, on the first floor only. Simple
collar-rafter roof, complete and original, boarded to the
soffits of the rafters and collars c1900. The right cross-wing
has an original close-studded partition between the bays on
both storeys, with matched display braces trenched into the
front of the studs in the lower storey. Two C20 grates.
Crownpost roof, complete and original, with axial braces.
Forelocks in the front tie-beam indicate an early repair or
alteration. The house has several C18 ledged and boarded
internal doors on original hinges. Pictorial evidence
indicates that the rear stack was built c1885.

Listing NGR: TQ6243692142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568775

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record