Willow Tree Farmhouse

TM 07 SW WALSHAM LE WILLOWS PALMER STREET

3/58 Willow Tree Farmhouse

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Former farmhouse, divided at one time into 2. Early C16. Timber-framed and rendered with thatched roof. One storey and attics; 3-cell form; an early C19 single-storey lean-to addition with slate roof at each end. An internal chimney-stack with a plain shaft of old red brick, built in 2 stages; a later external stack on the left. Random fenestration; various 2-light C20 leaded casement windows, one old 6-pane fixed window, and one 3-light casement window with a single horizontal bar to lights. Plank door on extreme right, and another in the left lean-to. Interior with timbers exposed: the house appears to have been initially single-storey throughout. Remains of diamond mullioned windows on the upper floor originally extended below the present floor-level, and tie-beams to each side of the internal stack have been cut for access upstairs. Plain ceiling timbers, chamfered main beams; evidence for original doorways, including one with arched head to the room at the left end. Also in this room, one post-head retains a carved shield similar to those at Home Farmhouse, West Street, (Item 2/82). To right of stack, the timber lintel has a double roll moulding and run-off stops, to the left, where the fireplace is open, the Tudor brickwork is still partly tuck-pointed. Roof with clasped side purlins, small principals, windbraces.

Listing NGR: TM0053170759