Bridge Farm House

Bridge Farm House is a timber-frame house dating from the 15th century, with significant rebuilding and alterations in the 16th century, a mid-17th century inserted stack, and a reroofing and partial casing in the 19th century. The house is built with timber framing, roughcast render, and some colourwashed brick casing, and has pantiled roofs. Originally a Wealden house, both wings were rebuilt in the 16th century, and the hall was floored at this time. The plan is a "half H" shape, comprising a 2-bay hall, a 2-bay solar cross wing projecting slightly to the left, and a 3-bay, broader service wing projecting further forward. The house has 2 storeys and attics.

The main entrance is a screens passage with a panelled architraved door. A large 17th-century casement window is to the left of the entrance; this window includes 12 panes and a central mullion. The first floor has 2- and 3-light casement windows with early leaded panes. A post to the central truss is shafted with a capital, leading to a curved brace connecting to a projecting tie beam over the wall plate. The 19th-century eaves overhang the building. A large axial ridge stack, with a rebuilt sawtooth shaft, is located at the upper end of the hall.

The solar wing, originally jettied and underbuilt in the 17th century, now has 19th-century casements and wavy bargeboards to the steep gable. The inner return of the service wing is also jettied, with a curved brace to a dragon beam; the jetty to the front is underbuilt with 19th-century brick facing and features segmental headed casements and a bargeboarded gable. An axial ridge stack, with a rebuilt sawtooth shaft, is situated between the centre and rear bays of the service wing. A right return lean-to outshut dates from the 19th century. The roof retains its original hipped form to the rear.

The continuous rear elevation shows a break in the plinth between the hall and solar wing, scattered casements, and a blocked screens passage doorway.

The interior of the hall features original moulded semi-octagonal corbels for arched braces on posts of the central truss. The inserted floor has complex hollow and roll moulded crossed binding beams with roll moulded joists. The solar wing has moulded shafts to curved braces to the formerly jettied front. The service wing retains a stop-chamfered dragon beam. The staircase behind the stack was altered in the 18th century, incorporating splat balusters on the landing. A 4-centred brick arch leads to the first-floor fireplace. The large cambered tie beam to the central hall truss retains mortices for large arched braces and an off-centre crown post. There is some 17th-century panelling, shutter grooves, and early doors.