Description

BEDINGHAM UPGATE STREET TM 29 SE (west side) 5/18 Moat Farmhouse 13-11-85

- II

Farmhouse. C16 with C19 additions. Timber frame encased in C19 colourwashed brick; steeply-pitched pantiled roof. Black-glazed pantiles on front elevation. Two storeys, L-shaped cross-passage plan. Three-window range. 2 and 3-light casements, C19 and C20; ground floor openings have segmental heads. Off-centre axial chimney stack. Entrance door (not opposite stack) has six panels, the upper pair glazed. Gables rebuilt in brick with coped parapets. Casements in north gable. Later brick service wing to west with brick dentil eaves course and central chimney stack on ridge line. Interior: cross passage remains with one four-centred doorway to service room (north end). Bay to south of cross passage has inserted C17 floor on tie beam with stepped run-out chamfer stops on west side. East wall possibly rebuilt entirely in brick. Roof-contains three trusses with arch-braced tie beams supporting jowled queenposts with arch-braces to collars and purlins; remainder of roof structure probably C17. Under extensive repair at time of survey.

Listing NGR: TM2833891035

External Links

• Wikidata Q26302575

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)