Farmstead record RMA 031 - Farmstead: Villa Farm (Rushmere Villa)

Rushmere Villa is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farmstead is laid out in a regular courtyard E-plan with a full courtyard elements attached. The farmhouse is detached and set away from the yards. The farmstead sits alongside a public road in an isolated location. This farmstead survives intact.

16th C timber-framed and weatherboarded open-hall house and kitchen with a smoke-blackened crownpost roof and diamond mullioned windows. A new farmhouse was built in the 19th C and this structure was subsequently used as a garage and store (S1).

Recorded as part of the Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project. This is a purely desk-based study and no site visits were undertaken. These records are not intended to be a definitive assessment of these buildings. Dating reflects their presence at a point in time on historic maps and there is potential for earlier origins to buildings and farmsteads. This project highlights a potential need for a more in depth field study of farmstead to gather more specific age data.