Hobs Aerie (EHER 35393)

Early 19th century brick house with a 17th century timber-framed rear wing.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Hobs Aerie [NAT]. <1> Hobs Aerie. Early 19th century white brick house with a 17th century timber-framed and plastered rear wing. Grade II. <2> Hobs Aerie, farmhouse and barn, 750 yards north-east of the church. The house was built originally on a rectangular plan, facing south-east; an L-shaped addition was made at the back late in the 17th century, and in the 19th century a large addition was built in front of the original house. At the back, part of the wall is built of late 17th century brick. The original central chimney-stack has indented angles. Inside the building, on the first floor, one room has a cupboard with double doors of early 17th century date. The barn west of the house and probably contemporary with it, is of five bays with one aisle and a projecting entrance. Condition - Of barn, poor. <3> Early 19th century white brick house with a 17th century timber-framed and plastered rear wing with two storeys. It has a three window range, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in plain reveals with stuccoed heads. A raised stucco band extends across the fronts between the storeys. A central six-panel door with an ornamental fanlight has a Doric portico with fluted columns. The roof is slate. <4>