Paxes House

Paxes House is a former farmhouse located in Wetheringsett-Cum-Brockford, dating from the first half of the 16th century. The left room of the house was later used as a shop. The left cell is the earliest part but has been significantly altered, while the remainder of the building was remodeled in the early 17th century when a stack was added. The house underwent renovations in the 1980s. It is timber framed and rendered, with a thatched roof, and consists of three cells over two storeys.

The exterior features three windows with small-paned, three-light casements; the upper windows are original, while those on the ground floor were replaced in the 1980s. There is a lobby entry with a gabled porch and a battened plank door. The stack has a plain axial shaft made of narrow brick.

Inside, the main phase includes a hall and service end, with partly exposed heavy studding and arched corner braces. There are blocked cross-entry doorways, one of which had an arched head. The hall's bridging beam has a large chamfer without stops, and the joists are concealed. There is evidence of a possible smoke hood at the upper end of the hall, indicated by smoke-blackened timbers and an additional tie beam that has since been removed. The stack was inserted into the lower bay of the hall, and at that time, the service end received a new ceiling with regular plain joists set flat, converting it into a parlour. There are open fireplaces on the ground floor, with one under repair at the time of the survey. A 19th-century newel stair is present. The left cell has much replacement studding and shows evidence of a diamond-mullioned gable end window on the ground floor. The ceiling joists are plain, with trimming for a ladder stair, and the roof over the hall is of irregular scantling.