Description

EARDISLEY CP off A 4111 (west side) SO 35 SW 3/42 Little Quebb Farmhouse 19.8.53 GV II Farmhouse. Circa 1400, extended circa 1600 and C17 with further mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill on rubble base, painted brick replacement walling and stone-tiled roofs laid in diminishing courses. Cruck hall house of probably three bays aligned north-east/south-west; through-passageway in central bay and large external rubble chimney with rubble and brick stack on north-west side of north-east bay. Cross-wing of two framed bays added at south-west end circa 1600 and a further parallel south-west cross-wing also of two framed bays added later in the C17. There is a large chimney at the junction of the earlier cross-wing and the original range. Part single storey and attic, part two storeys. Framing: original range has three panels from sill to wall-plate and a collar and tie-beam truss with struts and a V-strut above the collar at the north-east end. Earlier cross-wing has two rows of panels at first floor level, a jettied north-west gable on shaped brackets and a north-west tie-beam truss with three struts. Later cross-wing has two rows of panels at ground floor level, two rows of close-set studding at first floor level and a north-west tie-beam truss with latticed struts. North-west front elevation: original range has a 2-light ground floor casement and a C17 or earlier studded door with decorative strap hinges. The earlier gable end has a 4-light ground floor casement with a plank weathering and a first floor 3-light leaded casement. The later cross-wing gable end has a 3-light casement on both main floors, the ground floor one has a plank weathering. Attic light at north-east end. Interior: three pairs of cruck trusses survive within the original range. (RCHM, III, p 55, item 32; Alcock, NW: CBA Cruck Catalogue, 1981).

Listing NGR: SO3022251911

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