Parmenter Farm

As you enter from the back house (some may call this a carriage house) the door is a modern steel door with deadbolts. The steel period replica door in the distance also has deadbolts and leads to the screened porch and backyard. The bathroom is on the left. It has a shower, and a laundry area. All plumbing is new and replaced recently. It has (not shown in this photo) a nice period pedestal sink. Working modern washer and dryer are included.

Kitchen is set up with new plumbing, sink, counters and cabinets. It has a dishwasher a gas stove and refrigirator, both 5 years old. The lighting is all recessed with eco-friendly lighting. The dining room is in the distance, open through to the kitchen through a timber frame.

Likely the most dramatic restoration. The kitchen is very large 16 by 16 feet just in the center area. The original ceiling was below the beams. The beams pass through the space with a 10+ foot ceiling. Above is R30 insulation The walls have 6 inch insulation or more. New counters and base cabnets in Dec 2008, the wall cabinets in this photo were custom built for Draper Parmenter in the Mid 1900's

Looking into the now dining room, used by the last owner as a tv room. The beams passing through were originaly from the milk house portion of the barn on the corner of Adams and High Range. Thus the whitewash and "lucky horse shoe. The split door leads to the green house and barnyard.

The exposed shake roof is the original roof on the "little house" in the early 1900's a doorway was in this wall leading to the outside. The kitchen walls had layers including images to keep the Parmenter children amused that were found during renovation. The floor in this room came from the Airfield that is now Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The walls had boxes for insulation that came from the train station in Derry.

Used by the last owners as a dining room this room is now used as a living room. the window on the left is looking out onto the large screened porch.

Looking to the Master Bedroom Door the living room floor is the original yellow pine. The door in the center is a closet with shelves, that has stairs that originally led to the second floor around the center chimney. The door on the right is to the front hallway, birthing room, front door, second floor and parlors. That section of the home is on a separate zone and can be shut down in the winter.

The living room looking to the kitchen. The virtical boards on the wall, lead up to window and door trim that has a interesting bead detail. The doorway to the kitchen here has the original hardware on it. The door on the right is to a closet. The home is on a fiber optic route and is served by cable for tv and phone service today.

The floor in this room is a strip hardwood floor with very few but seams, artifacts durring renovation showed it may have come from the air base in the early 1900's.

The largest room in the home used as a bedroom. On the North West corner of the big house. It has a full size closit as well as room for a King bed, dressers and sitting area. The second floor timbers are exposed as they are in the High Parlor. The plaster wall is original cut lath plaster.

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Looking from the front hallway to the front door. The stairway leads to the second floor. It is unfinished, has lighting and smoke detectors, no heat and used for storage only. It is a "free span" no walls in the entire second floor, supported by custom built trusses preserving the post and beam. It has a unpainted drywall covering. The roof has R30 insulation with ventilation uncommon for a farmhouse.

Birthing room originaly behind the center chimney now used as an office, has been used as a bedroom.

High Parlor on the North East Corner of the house. Presently used as a sitting room, has been used for a bedroom.

High Parlor North east corner original yellow pine floors and plaster. Window trim most ornate in the home, typical of high parlor since it was the furthest from the barn.

High Parlor looking to the front parlor on the left and the "birthing room" on the right.

Front Parlor looking towards the high parlor on the right and the hallway on the left. Used as a bedroom can also be used for other uses, has fireplace that is not used at this time.

Front parlor on the South East corner of the home, the fireplace was in use in the past, we have it shut off for insurance reasons. Note the windows original all trim in this room is polyurathaned not painted. Not a normal historic state but shows the detail in the wood. All windows have tripple track for insulation. This room has split lath plaster that is original.

Front Parlor with the original yellow pine flooring. This section of the house dates to the mid 1700's based on artifacts found when renovating the second floor. The "Big House" is a 1/3 - 2/3 house, with this section being the oldest. The "Big House" was originally on Old Nashua Road and relocated to this site in 1875 in one piece by oxen. It was placed onto granate slabs on top of a stone cellar hole.

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Walkway to the patio from the back yard, flanked by flowers that bloom most the year. (in the fall work is planned to the siding in the backround. That is the outside of the dinging room. The greenhouse is to the right.

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A shot of the farm in 2005 the back yard is the clearing above the house. The area near "state right of way" is where we let Sunnycrest and others put a sign. The clearing in the center is where greenhouses once were located.