HITCHIN HUNDRED 



having a panel on the wes' 

 Docwra and the dale 1609. 



front of the 

 There are indi 



■ Laie 103 Century 



WUCenturv EDMobern 



that a wing, only about tz ft. less than the width of 

 the main block, projected from the back of the house, 



P1RTON 



The Rectory Farm, the residence of Mr. Ernest 

 R. Davis, lies a little more than a quarter of a mile 

 to the west of the church, and was apparently once 

 the manor-house of the rectory manor. It is an 

 early 17th-century timber-framed house of the 

 L type, altered and faced with brick in the 18th and 

 19th centuries. The main building, running east 

 and west, contains the parlour ; from the eastern end 

 ng projects southward, containing the 



porch, lobby and kitchen, 

 small staircase wing. A 1 

 and what appear to be tri 

 be seen on the north-casl 

 * 35 ft- by 37 ft., seems to 

 It is of timber on a founda 



On the north side i 

 oat surrounds the house, 

 ;es of an outer moat can 

 lide. The tithe barn, 

 be of the 1 6th century. 

 iasonry. 



The Grange, the property of Mr. W. Hanscombe, 

 on the western edge of the parish, is a moated 



but this has been entirely removed. The flint and 

 brick walls are plastered, the roof is tiled. 



Hammond's Farm lies a quarter of a mile to the 

 north of the church, and takes its name from the 

 family of Hammond. In the 17th century a John 

 Hammond held about i;o acres, and was succeeded 

 by another John Hammond, from whom it ha? de- 

 scended to Mr. William Hanscombe.' It is a house 

 of the L type, of about 1600, built in two stories ' 

 the lower of brick, the upper of timber with tiled 

 roof. The parlour is in the main wing, running 

 east and west ; m the south-east wing are the 

 kitchen and offices ; the porch with its lobby is i 

 the angle formed by the wings. On the north i 

 a smaller wing containing the staircase. Th 

 rooms m the upper story are panelled and hay- 

 arabesque fnezes of early 17th-century work. On 

 of them has a fine chimney-piece. There is 

 plastered timber 17th-century dove-cote near th! 

 house. 



1 Chau. Proc. (Ser. 1), brfle. 93, no. 53. 



timber-framed farm-house of early 17th-century 

 date, but restored and modernized. It seems to 

 have been onginally of H type, but has been much 

 altered. The house, w-hich faces eastward, has "n 

 Leaped south wing, whose upper story formerly 

 projected. The kitchen in the north wing has the 



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