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Old Farm House

A Grade II Listed Building in Combs, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.169 / 52°10'8"N

Longitude: 0.9831 / 0°58'59"E

OS Eastings: 604097

OS Northings: 256499

OS Grid: TM040564

Mapcode National: GBR SJS.WYL

Mapcode Global: VHKDP.0R23

Plus Code: 9F425X9M+H6

Entry Name: Old Farm House

Listing Date: 22 January 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1033012

English Heritage Legacy ID: 279869

ID on this website: 101033012

Location: Combs, Mid Suffolk, IP14

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Combs

Built-Up Area: Combs

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Combs St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


COMBS PARK ROAD
TM 05 NW

2/94 Old Farm House
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- II

Farmhouse, c.1550-1570 with various additions of C17 and C19. 2 storeys and
attics. 3-cell plan originally with cross-passage entrance. Timber-framed
and roughcast. Plaintiled roof with axial chimney, the shaft rebuilt in mid
C20 red brick. Mainly C20 casements. Glazed C20 entrance door in lean-to
conservatory. Typical late C16 framing: in the hall is a roll-moulded
bridging beam with leaf-stops (the joists said to be similarly moulded). Twin
service room doorways have rudimentary ogee heads. An original diamond-
mullioned window in a service room. A wide open fireplace in the hall has a
cambered lintel. Arch-windbraced close studding. Early C17 alterations
include several ovolo-mullioned windows (blocked), and a newel staircase with
associated cupboard whose door has turned balusters in the ventilation panel.
C17 butt-purlin roof. A wing attached to the original parlour was of 1½
storeys when added in C16 or C17. Further additions are of late C19 red
brick.


Listing NGR: TM0409756499

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