Listed Building: THE CHESTNUTS (280761)

DRINKSTONE DRINKSTONE GREEN, TL 95 NE RATTLESDEN ROAD 3/8 The Chestnuts - II Farmhouse, early/mid C16 in two stages. 2 storeys. 3-cell plan. Timber- framed and roughcast. Concrete plaintiled roof, once thatched, hipped at rear. An axial chimney with rebuilt shaft of C20 red brick. Mainly mid C19 small-pane casements. Rear C20 entrance door. Heavy C16 framing fully exposed: tension-braced close-studding and massive beams and 1st floor joists. Crownpost roof. A wide lintelled open fireplace in the hall. One cell at the rear of the house appears to be an early C16 parlour cell. The remainder of this structure was rebuilt on the same site, and the parlour became a service room by mid C16. Listing NGR: TL9665759443