Newgate Farm House

A farmhouse dating from 1685, situated on the Holt Road in Cley Next the Sea. The house is constructed of coursed flint with brick dressings, although the front is rendered and colourwashed with a corrugated tile roof and pantiles to the rear. It has a steep roof pitch and originally comprised a single range of four bays, two storeys high. Gable parapets are present, along with central axial and internal gable end stacks, the stack to the right having been renewed.

The front of the house features a forward single-storey extension to the first bay, built in colourwashed flint and brick mosaic. A door is centrally located in the third bay, sheltered by a narrow flat lead canopy supported by shaped wooden brackets. Three-light casement windows with segmental heads are positioned either side of the door, and three small two-light casements are found on the first floor.

The rear of the house consists of two distinct builds. Vertical quoins are visible between bays two and three. To the right, the rear elevation is a coursed flint with brick mosaic, while to the left, it’s coursed flint with uncoursed flint and brick above. The rear windows are scattered and largely renewed, with a ground floor window to the second bay set under a square brick hood mould, and a window to the fourth bay under a segmental head. There’s a door in the third bay of the rear elevation. The right-hand gable facing the road is of coursed flint and brick mosaic, incorporating a brick pattern of hearts and lozenges filled with knapped flint. The date 1685 is worked in brick, and two low, blocked windows are visible in the attic floor. The left-hand gable has a rebuilt top section and two hoodless square windows with fixed glazing bars to the attic.

Inside, a large gable end fireplace is present in the first bay, featuring a cambered bressumer. The second bay contains massive principal beams and a bridging beam with large, jewel-stopped chamfers. A smaller bridging beam with decorative stops is found in the third bay, while the fourth bay has ovolo moulded principal beams. There’s also a staircase located in front of the stack. The roof is of 3-tier butt purlin construction, with renewed collars. The forward extension to the first bay includes a dairy to the north with original fittings.