Listed Building: PERKINS FARMHOUSE (281657)

MENDLESHAM TAN OFFICE TM 16 SW 5/72 Perkins Farmhouse -- II Farmhouse. Early C17. Timber framed, the front roughcast-rendered, the right gable end cased in colourwashed brick with a weatherboarded gable. Thatched roof. 2-cell, lobby entry type. 2 storeys and attic. 2 windows, small-paned casements of 2 and 3 lights, mostly C19, the lower left window a C20 metal replacement. Small original ovolo-mullioned upper window above doorway. Plank door. Stack has good axial sawtooth shaft. Full-width one-storey rear lean-to. Interior. Largely unaltered since C19. Left room has widely-spaced studding and blocked windows with ovolo mullions. Chamfered floorbeam with lamb's tongue stops, the joists plastered over. Early C19 fireplace surround with original lintol behind. Right room has less of the structure visible. Unchamfered floorbeam, plastered ceiling with simply-moulded borders. Good original newel stair with thick treads. Upper floor not examined. A very good intact example of its type. Listing NGR: TM1103263191