High Rodingbury Farmhouse (EHER 37288)

18th century and earlier timber-framed and brick house.

House of the 18th century and earlier. It is part timber-framed, part brick, both plastered, and the roof is tiled. East part is of square plan, of the 18th century, forming the front of an older timber framed building to the west. It is two storeys. The ground floor of the east elevation has a central door with six panels and wooden porch with fluted Doric columns if the 18th century, and on each side is one sash window with marginal lights, of the early 19th century. On first floor there are three sash windows of the 19th century. Access was refused in January 1983. This farmhouse is within the moat of an ancient manorial site, near the parish church. It was described by the RCHM in 1921 as "Modern (that is, post 1714), but at the back is a small block timber-framed and plastered, and of about 1700; the roof is tiled". It has been listed as Grade III since April 1952. It merits upgrading to Grade II on architectural evidence visible from the outside; the rear (western) part is likely to be of historic interest internally. The upgrading of this building without internal inspection has been authorised by the supervising Inspector of Historic Buildings of the Department of the Environment, 27 January 1983. <1> See: <2>