Gooserye Farmhouse

Gooserye Farmhouse, formerly known as Houghton Park Farmhouse, is a former farmhouse dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, with alterations made in the mid 16th century. It is a well-preserved example of a half-H plan open hall house. The hall range is one storey with attics, while the two-storey cross-wings project at the front. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with some exposed close-studding at the rear. The roofs are covered with concrete plain tiles, and there is a large gabled dormer with casement windows from the 19th or 20th century in the hall range.

There are two chimneys: an axial chimney and an external chimney on the right, both made of red brick. The early 20th-century casements consist of three lights with transoms. A central glazed entrance porch has a framed and boarded inner doorway. The hall and the parlour cross-wing to the left both feature complete crownpost roofs, with the hall roof being lightly smoke-blackened. The central cambered arch-braced tie-beam in the hall has an octagonal crownpost with four-way bracing, along with a moulded capital and base. The crownpost in the open truss of the parlour wing is similar but has only two-way bracing. The building showcases good close-studding throughout.

In the mid 16th century, a fine upper floor was inserted into the hall, featuring roll-moulded main beams, comparable to those at Roydon Hall in Creeting St. Peter. A similar first floor appears to have replaced the original floor over the parlour. One original service room doorway remains, featuring a four-centred arched head. The hall contains a 17th-century fireplace, along with two additional fireplaces with arched heads in the right-hand wing.