Birch House Farmhouse

TM 04 SE WASHBROOK OFF WENHAM ROAD 1/40 Birch House Farmhouse II House. Early C17 with C18 and later alterations and additions. Timber-framed, rendered, plain tile roofs. Brick plinth and underpinning. 2 and 2½ storeys. 4 cells, originally 3, extended C18 to east. North face: C20 small paned casements, 6 to ground floor, 4 to first floor, those to ground floor of single of 2-lights, those to first floor of 2-lights. Rear (South). 6 assorted first floor casements, mostly C20, some with diamond leaded panes, but one horizontal sliding sash. Assorted C20 ground floor single, 2 and 3-light casements. Porch, door and window, 1960's. Returns have assorted C20 openings. External stack to south wall. Axial stack set off ridge. A little cable pattern pargetting, part now internal. Interior: Blocked doorway to hall. Remains of shutter slide to window. Stop chamfered roughly cut transferse beams. C17 brickwork to stack which is somewhat altered. Blocked front right-hand 4-light diamond mullion window, and another to rear against stack; to first floor. First floor gable end shutter. Altered clasped purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TM0830441051