Woolards Ash Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dating from around 1500. It’s a timber-framed building, later plastered, with peg-tile roofs. The main farmhouse is the central part of a longer building, with 20th-century extensions to the east and west. To the east is a block shaped like an “L,” with a gable facing north. A western block has a higher roof ridge and a hip roof to its west end. A large red brick stack is set against the northern side of this western block. The original central, late medieval section was extended in the mid-17th century with a gabled block to the rear, containing a large chimney stack running through its ridge. Another large stack rises through the north front roof slope, attached to the western wing. The windows are 20th-century metal casements with leaded lights, and a large gabled 20th-century porch projects from the east end of the central section. Originally, this was a "long-wall jetty" house, with three bays, and retains features including remains of a crown post roof. There are jowled posts with arch braces to the tie beams. The joints of the timber frame are halved and bridled. A large 17th-century inglenook fireplace sits beneath the rear stack. An arched doorway head remains, likely to a former parlour. A single 17th-century cupboard door has moulded planks.