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Burtenshaw's Farm is tile-hung above brick with a tiled and gabled roof. There is a single-storey Victorian addition at the south-east corner. The modern tiled roof replaces slate which had replaced earlier peg-tiles. The end elevations are of narrower early bricks with a dentillated string course below tile-hanging. The house consists of a single pile of three bays divided by a longitudinal partition (aligned N-S) which is offset to the east, causing the western spaces to be larger than the eastern. Each end bay is sub-divided with transverse girders, the joists to the girders are set high as if for plaster ceilings. The central access bay contains a stair to the first floor and attics, and to a cellar below the north-west room. The studwork to the longitudinal partition is visible at first floor level. The bay posts are unjowled and set under eaves plates upon which the rest ties. The roof construction has rafters pegged at the apex, staggered butt-purlins and pegged rafters. It is not entirely clear whether the house was originally fully-framed; it may have had framed long elevations with brick ends or have been stud-walled above brick from the start. The plan reflects the move from the in-line plan of the open-hall house to the later (1600+) plan of a floored main range with a rear outshot under a catslide roof. Earlier types of the 17th century would have had a central chimney stack and baffle entry, and probably jowled bay-posts with jointed junction. The style of the jointing of post/eaves/ties, the plan division moving towards double pile, and the roof construction, all point to a date at the end of the 17th century, possibly about 1690 but probably before 1725. The cellar is original to the house. A brick dated 1776 (S A T) has been incorporated into the western re-fronting, but may be random re-use. These notes have been compiled from survey reports prepared by Dr Annabelle Hughes. The original reports have been deposited in the Sussex Archaeological Society Library, Barbican House, Lewes, where they can be consulted by researchers. |
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