Description

LAXFIELD WELLS CORNER
TM 27 SE

4/70 Elms Farmhouse
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-- II

Farmhouse. Mid C16 parlour block; remainder has medieval core, largely
rebuilt in mid C17. Timber framed and plastered, part of the facade faced in
colourwashed brick Roof plaintiled at front and pantiled at rear. 2 storeys
and attic. 3-cell form. 4 windows, C18-C19 casements without glazing bars.
C19 4-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed with diamond-leaded panes.
Internal stack, the shaft largely original. Victorianised interior with most
of ground floor structure concealed. Hall bridging beam had massive solid
arched braces to the wallposts, one of which survives in altered form: this
may be the remains of a medieval raised-aisle truss. Over the hall fireplace
is a lintol with mutilated embattled decoration. Chamfered parlour joists.
Some plain C17 studding in rear wall at first floor level. Queen-post roof
over parlour; staggered butt purlins over hall. Remains of medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2770571826

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635252

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)