Listed Building: GATEHOUSE FARMHOUSE (280062)

SYLEHAM TM 17 NE 4/113 Gatehouse Farmhouse - ( formerly listed as The Laurels) 29.7.55 GV II* Farmhouse. Mid C16 with C17 service addition to rear forming L-shape plan. Restored 1975-85. Timber framed, mainly plastered; exposed close studding to left gable, colourwashed brick to right gable end. Pantiled roofs except front slope of main range which is plaintiled. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell form. 3 windows, mid C20 large-paned casements. Lobby entrance with mid C20 boarded and battened door. To the rear there are 3 large original windows with fine roll-moulded mullions, in an unusually good state of preservation; other similar windows are blocked and visible internally. A smaller first floor window has cavetto mullions. Internal stack with original plain shaft. 2-storey rear wing with some slatted windows; internal stack. Both hall and parlour have fine ceilings with multiple roll mouldings to bridging beams and joists. The service end, which was originally divided into 2, also has moulded joists, but these are concealed. In the rear wall, part of an arched doorway into the cross-passage. In the parlour a small blocked external doorway with 4-centre arched head whose function is unclear. Some exposed studding, mainly in later wing. Newel stairs in both wings. The roof over the main range has clasped and butt purlins with arched wind-bracing. Listing NGR: TM1922277388