TQ 63 NE BRENCHLEY CUCKOO LANE (off) 10/67 Little Dunks Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Mid/late C17 with a circa late C18,addition. Framed construction, the ground floor underbuilt in Flemish bond brick, the first floor tile-hung with bands of scalloped tiles; peg-tile roof; end stacks with brick shafts. Plan: South facing. The original plan was 2-cell, with a larger heated hall/kitchen to the left (west) heated from the left end stack and a smaller unheated service room to the right (east), the stair rising against the rear wall of the service room. The rear (north) outshut may be integral but could be secondary. In the circa late C18 a third room was added at the right end,presumably a parlour, heated from an end stack. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3 window front, the roof gabled at the left end and half-hipped at the right end. late C19/early C20 front door into the unheated room with a C20 porch/conservatory. C20 casements in enlarged embrasures. On the rear elevation the roof is carried down as a catslide over the outshut which has a large C20 flat-roofed dormer at the east end. Interior: The framing of the rear wall with jowled wall posts, survives to sole plate level. The 2 earlier ground floor rooms have exposed ceiling carpentry, the larger room with a scroll-stopped axial beam. C20 chimenypiece may conceal an earlier fireplace. The first floor rooms also have exposed ceiling beams and a number of late C17/early C18 ledged doors survive throughout the house with original latches and hinges. Roof: Not inspected but the original timbers are said to survive (information from owners). A modestly-scaled traditional house of the region. Group value with oasthouse immediately to the north east (q.v.). Listing NGR: TQ6661738715