Parsonage Farmhouse (EHER 36517)

Late 14th to early 15th century timber-framed hall house.

NRHE data transfer: Parsonage Farm (NAT). <1> Parsonage Farmhouse. House of about 1400. Hall and crosswing with later additions and alterations. 20th century alterations incorporating a three bay late 15th century building at rear with soot encrusted crown post roof. (RCHM 8). Grade II*. <2> Parsonage Farm, house, outhouse and barn, 160 yards south-west of the church. The house of two storeys with attics, timber-framed and plastered; the roofs are tiled. It was built late in the 16th century on a modified T-shaped plan, with the cross-wing at the east end. On the north front the upper storey projects on small shaped brackets, and there is an original dormer window of five lights, with moulded frame, mullions and transom. The east elevation has two original windows, one of them partially blocked, and in the west elevation is a third original window, now blocked. At the back there are two original doors of moulded battens. On the upper floors most of the windows are of late 17th century date. The chimney-stacks are all old, but modern at the top. <3> See: <4>