Orchard Farm (AKA Orchard Farmhouse)

Orchard Farm is a Grade II listed building in The street, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk. It was first listed on 26th March 1987.1

Former farmhouse, late C16 with major mid C19 alterations. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roofs with C19 undulating bargeboards and rear chimneys of red brick. Mid C19 casements. Panelled entrance door; C19 plaintiled cantilevered open porch, with undulating bargeboards and spike finial. A late C16 parlour block has good plain framing: close-studwork, heavy exposed joists, and wind-braced butt-purl in roof. Part of this range has a probable earlier core, but was raised and remodelled in C18. A mid C19 service range was added to rear, of red brick with plaintiled roof.


Citations

  1. [S1429] Website Historic England Web Site (https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk) "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/…."

Those who have lived or worked at Orchard Farm include the following:

NameBirthdateBirthplaceDeathdateDeathplace
Kemp, Edgar Simpson 24 May 1847 21 Feb 1890Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England