Listed Building: CHURCH FARMHOUSE (281379)

THORNDON THE STREET (off) TM 16 NW 3/98 Church Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Medieval origins, largely rebuilt c.1600 as a 3-cell house. Later in-line service addition to left (west). Timber framed, the front plastered and lined in imitation of ashlar. Roughcast render to gable ends, one dated 1909. Pantiled roof. 1½ storeys. 3 windows, C20 casements. Lobby entrance with lean-to porch and glazed 4-panel door. 2 catslide dormers with older casement windows. Internal stack with tall oblong shaft. Small square- shafted stack at former gable end to left. Full-height studding exposed in parlour cell, very little elsewhere. Many timbers are re-used. 2 diamond- mullioned windows in parlour chamber. Service end has some heavy square joists, probably medieval. Chamfered joists in hall, plain joists in parlour. Hall fireplace contains some re-used stonework; opposite fireplace in parlour has 3-centred brick arch. Straight stair at lower end of hall, a C19 or C20 insertion. Roof timbers concealed. Listing NGR: TM1419369709