Bradfields

This is a house of medieval origin, significantly altered in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The core of the house is timber framed and was originally plastered, with some exposed timber framing remaining. The roof is covered in handmade red clay tiles. The main range runs northwest to southeast and comprises four bays, with a late 16th-century chimney stack positioned in the third bay from the northwest end. A three-bay crosswing, also dating to the 16th century, is located at the northwest end and is jettied on its northwest side, featuring an 18th-century chimney stack in the middle bay. An extension, dating to the 17th or 18th century, projects northeast from the southeast end of the main range, creating an F-shaped plan. A 17th-century stair tower is situated to the southwest of the main stack, and a single-storey extension with a catslide roof adjoins the southwest side.

The northeast elevation features a six-panel door surrounded by rusticated jambs and an architrave adorned with triglyphs. Six double-hung sash windows are present, three dating to the early 18th century, one to the late 18th century, and one that is a 20th-century casement window. Three similar late 18th-century sash windows are located on the first floor. The northwest elevation showcases the timber frame, characterized by close studding and Suffolk bracing.

The interior of the northwest wing exhibits roll-moulded axial and transverse beams, and roll-moulded joists of horizontal section. Early 18th-century pine panelling is found on both floors of the southwest bay. The structure incorporates jowled posts and a long arched brace supporting a cambered tiebeam. The roof is a crownpost roof with plain posts and arched axial braces. A mid-19th-century iron grate is located on the first floor of this wing. The northwest part of the hall range retains two parallel longitudinal beams with single ogee moulding and lamb's tongue stops. The room above contains a hearth constructed of plastered brick with a depressed arch and chamfered jambs, dating to around 1570. Contemporary paintings depicting honeysuckle, pinks, and grapes in swirling patterns are found above the hearth and on the northwest wall. A blocked window of similar date incorporates a single ovolo mullion. The roof was rebuilt in the late 17th century. The stair tower contains a late 17th-century staircase with turned balusters. A section of the hall range to the southeast of the main stack is of medieval origin but has undergone considerable alteration at ground floor level. Rafters of the gablet roof show smoke-blackening at the apex, suggesting the former presence of a smoke vent from the earlier hall. The northwest side of the partition separating this section from the rest of the main range is also smoke-blackened, indicating a smoke-bay or a partially floored hall in that location. The late 16th-century ground-floor hearth facing southeast measures 2.97 metres wide and features broach stops on the mantel beam.