Paradise Farmhouse

This is a former farmhouse dating to the late 16th century. It is timber-framed and rendered, with a thatched roof. A particularly fine original red brick gable end is visible on the west side, featuring a crow-stepped design and a chimney-stack with octagonal shafts built on original moulded bases. The upper floor of the gable includes two blocked three-light windows with timber ovolo-moulded mullions and traces of original plasterwork around the frames, as well as a similar four-light window in the gable apex. An internal chimney-stack, replicating the treatment of the shafts, was inserted in 1970, along with an extension to the east. The front of the house now has 20th-century casement windows with small side lights and diamond-leaded panes on both storeys, and four eyebrow dormers. A 20th-century enclosed porch is built in Tudor brick, with a crow-stepped gable. Five bays of the original house remain, with internal framing clearly visible. Inside, the main beams have ovolo-moulding, and the joists have curved stops and jewel detailing. The ground-floor fireplace at the west end features a finely carved lintel, which is a reused element from a demolished building in Beccles. The upper-floor fireplace retains its original ovolo-moulded brick arch. The upper-floor ceilings are original, with edge-set joists. The roof structure comprises clasped purlins, a lower row of unstepped butt purlins, and windbraces. An extension, built in the 20th century and matching the original house in width and height, is located to the east of the inserted chimney-stack, incorporating reused 16th-century timbers but with a newly constructed roof in a traditional clasped-purlin style using new green oak.