Mardens Farmhouse (EHER 34369)

A late 16th century house, altered in the 18th and 19th century. It is timber framed, mainly clad with red brick in Flemish bond, partly weatherboarded, roofed with asbestos tiles. It is formed of four bays facing S, with an axial stack in the second bay from the left end, forming a lobby-entrance, and external stack at the right end, now enclosed by an 18th to 19th century service range to right of one storey with attics, with end stack. There is a single-storey lean-to extension to rear. The main building is two storeys.

Listed building description A late 16th century house, altered in the 18th and 19th century. It is timber framed, mainly clad with red brick in Flemish bond, partly weatherboarded, roofed with asbestos tiles. It is formed of four bays facing S, with an axial stack in the second bay from the left end, forming a lobby-entrance, and external stack at the right end, now enclosed by an 18th to 19th century service range to right of one storey with attics, with end stack. There is a single-storey lean-to extension to rear. The main building is two storeys. There is 19th century brick cladding with a straight joint behind the porch, and a plain string course to left of it. The rear elevation is weatherboarded. The interior has chamfered transverse and axial beams, and plain joists of horizontal section, all with lamb's tongue stops. There are two wide wood-burning hearths, blocked and re-faced. The walls have been raised approximately one metre in the 18th or early 19th century. There is an early 19th century quarter-turn staircase to rear of axial stack, with hardwood rail and stick balusters. The difference in the brick cladding, and the greater ceiling height in the left bay, implies that this was raised and clad before the remainder, but both within the first half of the 19th century. There is a good brick floor in service range, 18th to early 19th century hinges on internal doors and one mid-C19 half-glazed door with handmade glass. <1> <2>