St Osyth Wick Farmhouse

St. Osyth Wick Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, possibly with earlier origins, featuring a later rear wing and various alterations. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with red plain tiled roofs. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high. The west face displays a three-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes. To the right of center is a two-panelled door with a top light, surrounded by a moulded frame, a frieze with diamond patterns, and a flat canopy supported by brackets.

The rear face includes a later forward wing to the right, which now serves as the main entrance. This side has a three-window range of mainly three-light small paned casements and features a six-panelled door. The frieze here is decorated with patera and ball flower motifs, while the side panels are carved with wooden men, heads, and chain flowers, possibly sourced from another location. The extension has a later lean-to, two small paned vertically sliding sashes, and 20th-century windows.

Inside, part of the heavy timber frame is visible, showcasing stop-chamfered bridging joists, closely set wall studs, cambered tie beams with pegs for arched braces, and halved and bridled top place scarfs. The simple two-arm crown post roof has been truncated to the north and now incorporates an 18th-century structure. Adjacent to the chimney stack on the first floor, there are widely spaced wall studs with a halved arch brace. The interior also features a back-to-back inglenook fireplace, which has been partly restored, with original straight mantle beams above. Some 18th-century panelled and vertically boarded doors retain their original ironmongery, along with an 18th-century alcove cupboard.