New Street Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dating from the mid-16th and late 16th centuries, it is partially two storeys and partially two storeys and attics. The building is timber-framed and rendered, with 20th-century decorative pargeting panels. It has a clay pantiled roof. A 20th-century two-storey wing extends to the east, and a matching extension is present on the main range. The farmhouse incorporates 20th-century, plain, two-light casement windows and a porch. The main range is arranged with a three-cell plan, featuring an internal chimney-stack, but is not of uniform construction. The central two bays, forming a single large room on the ground floor, represent the oldest part of the house; here, studding is exposed, and there is evidence of original diamond mullioned windows on both floors. The ceiling exhibits plain joists and a main beam with a chamfer and pyramid stops. Remaining long arched braces are visible on the tie-beams. The roof is of a plain queen-post design. The chimney-stack, and the parlour on its south side, are later additions, replacing an earlier section of the house. A doorhead with arched spandrels in the wall adjacent to the stack suggests a former cross-entry. The parlour end features chamfered joists and main beams with ogee-stops, along with original upper ceilings. On the upper floor, two 6-light mullioned windows remain in situ, displaying cavetto moulding to the mullions. The roof has unstepped butt purlins. The service area at the north end is thought to be contemporary with the parlour. The house is linked to Nicholas Danforth, who emigrated to America with his family in 1635, as documented in a publication by the Framlingham Historical and Natural History Society in 1954.