Park Farmhouse

HOXNE CHICKERING ROAD (off) TM 27 NW 3/65 Park Farmhouse II Farmhouse, almost certainly a fragment of a larger building. Late C15; extended to north in later C16. Timber framed, mainly plastered, with a pantiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. Jettied front carried on plain brackets. A tall and wide range. Various casement windows, mainly of C20 date; the first floor windows are set well below eaves level. Mid C20 door and gabled hood. Internal stack with rendered shaft. Interior considerably modernised with little of the structure visible. At the south end there are 2 massive arched braces to the tie beam, part of a tall original window and one reverse- curved wall brace. The roof over the earlier part is of raised-aisle form, with jowled queen-posts and heavy, almost solid braces to arcade plates and collars. Each collar carries a plain crown-post with double-jowled head and 2-way bracing to a collar purlin. One crown post is held by a slip tenon. There are 2 complete roof bays and part of a third into which the stack has been inserted. Against this stack is a re-used moulded and embattled beam set across the arcade plates. The quality and lack of ornament suggests a roof over a service range. Beyond the stack is a C16 2-tier queen-post roof with cranked braces. An extensive medieval deer park once surrounded the site.

Listing NGR: TM2033775123