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Listed building outline: MEADOW FARMHOUSE STORRINGTON ROAD C426

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MEADOW FARMHOUSE STORRINGTON ROAD C426

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entry-date: 2004-02-16
listed-building: 1027207
name: MEADOW FARMHOUSE STORRINGTON ROAD
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reference: C426
start-date: 1955-03-15
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description: C17 or earlier L-shaped timber-framed, with later C17 extension and C19 or C20 alterations. A two storey house with plaster infilling, which has been largely rebuilt, to the ground floor and cross wings, in red brick. All is under a tiled roof with a pentice at the end of each wing. There is a small single internal axial chimney stack. Fenestration is irregular to both storeys but all windows are casements, some having diamond-shaped or small suqare panes. Interior not inspected. HISTORY: Greenhurst Farm was probably built in the C17, re-using much timber from an early 16th predecessor, and was extended to the east later in the century. It belonged to the Lambs in 1812 and descended to GC Carew-Gibson, who advertised it for sale, with 114 acres, in 1887. At least part of it had passed to the Abingworth Estate by 1901, when 87 acres were advertised for sale as Greenhurst Farm. That presumably formed the core of the estate of over 100 acres acquired by Earnest Murray Blackburn about that time. The farmhouse had been renamed Little Thakeham Farm by 1909. Between 1917 and 1919 Little Thakeham passed from Blackburn to WH Aggs, and later in 1957 to his son, Sylvanus Hanbury Aggs. The house and 5 acres were bought in 1979 for use as a hotel. By 1982 it was again known as Greenhurst Farm. SOURCES: 'Thakeham: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham (1986). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspxcompid18296 Date assessed: 01 February 2011. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The C17 or earlier Meadow Farmhouse, Storrington Road in Thakeham is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason: Architectural Interest: A good example of a C17 or earlier timber-framed house.
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