Description

STRADBROKE BARLEY GREEN, LAXFIELD
TM 27 SW ROAD

3/79 Barley Green Farmhouse
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29.7.55
-- II

Farmhouse. C16. Timber framed and plastered, with exposed studding on the
front at first floor level and in the left gable. Roof has black pantiles to
front and plaintiles to rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell form, originally
with cross-entry. Mainly mid C20 square-leaded casement windows; one mid C20
ground floor window with diamond mullions. In the left gable end, 2 original
windows with moulded mullions. Boarded entrance door. Internal stack. Good
interior with much exposed framing. Both hall and parlour have roll-moulded
bridging beams with leaf-carved stops and chamfered joists; in the hall the
mouldings are continued onto the storey posts, in the parlour the storey posts
have plain chamfers with barred stops. Service cell originally divided into 2
rooms on ground floor. Doorway into parlour chamber has 4-centre arched head.
The joints in the chimneybreast brickwork at the parlour end show evidence of
lining. Clasped-purlin roof with long shallow braces to the collars, meeting
at the centre. Cranked wind braces.

Listing NGR: TM2473473600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284287

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide