Bleach Farmhouse

TM 37 NE WISSETT

5/49 Bleach Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse, on a large rectangular moated site. Early and late C16. 2½-storey main range; 2-storey rear wing: L-shaped. Timber-framed; fronted in late C19 red brick; rendered sides and rear wing. Plaintiles to main roof; pantiles to rear. An internal chimney-stack with a plain rectangular red brick shaft. Various C20 casement windows, mainly 2-light. Half-glazed door. The rear wing, largely disused, is the oldest part of the building: 4 bays; framing exposed inside; trusses with arched braces to the tie-beams; arched braces halved against studs at the corners. 2 blocked 4-light windows on the upper floor with diamond mullions in situ. Roof with one row of unstepped butt purlins and one row of clasped, windbraces, and principal rafters unrelated to the trusses below. The main range is in 5 bays, with a basic internal chimney and cross-entry form, now altered to a lobby-entrance. The cross entry was divided from the hall by an early C17 panelled screen, still surviving. Plain exposed ceilings: beams and joists with chamfer and curved stops; the upper ceilings are original. There are 2 rooms above the 2-bay hall, with an original dividing partition. Roof in 6 bays: one row of unstepped butt purlins; cambered collars.

Listing NGR: TM3736879544