Wash Farmhouse

Wash Farmhouse is a 13th century house with a later east wing from the 18th century, constructed in red brick with Flemish bonding. The main range runs north to south and is framed in timber, now rendered. The roofs are ridged and gabled from north to south, and ridged and hip-ended from east to west, all covered in machine-made clay tiles. The north-east elevation features three pairs of eight-pane hornless sash windows in exposed boxes, arranged two over one, with a modern front door located on the right. The timber framing is substantial and well-crafted, with a roof that is unique based on available published information. This roof includes jowled queen-posts that support wide flat collars, with side purlins laid flat over them. A flat-laid ridge piece is mounted on bifurcated king-posts cut from the crown-forks of oaks. The king-posts are finely stop-chamfered, and the purlins are arch-braced beneath in line with the queen-posts. Two bays of this roof are complete and in pristine condition.